迷航 (mí háng) — to drift off course (in flight or navigation);…

Definition

verb

to drift off course (in flight or navigation)to get lost (in flight or at sea)

迷航。
Zhè jià fēi jī zài hǎi shàng fēi xíng shí mí háng le.
This plane drifted off course while flying over the sea.
，迷航。
Yīn wèi dǎo háng chū le gù zhàng, wǒ men de chuán mí háng le.
Our ship got lost because the navigation system malfunctioned.
迷航，。
Fēi xíng yuán zài bào fēng yǔ zhōng mí háng le, xìng hǎo ān quán fǎn háng.
The pilot drifted off course in the storm but fortunately returned safely.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

迷mílose one's way

航hángnavigation

迷 means to lose one's way and 航 is navigation, together giving a vessel losing its course.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

米

Same sound today

迷 uses 辵, the walking part, and 米, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

舟亢航

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

亢

亢kàng航háng

Same sound today

航 shows a boat with 舟, and 亢 gives the character its sound.

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