飞行器 (fēi xíng qì) — aircraft; flying vehicle (general term); UFO (u…

Definition

A general, often technical term for any machine that flies — aircraft, drones, spacecraft. 飞机 is the common everyday word for airplane specifically.

noun

aircraftflying vehicle (general term)UFO (unidentified flying object)

Measure word · 架

飞行器。
Xiàn dài fēi xíng qì shè jì yuè lái yuè huán bǎo.
Modern aircraft designs are becoming more environmentally friendly.
飞行器。
Zuó wǎn wǒ kàn dào yí gè bù míng fēi xíng qì.
Last night I saw an unidentified flying object.
飞行器。
Wú rén fēi xíng qì zài nóng yè zhōng yìng yòng guǎng fàn.
Unmanned aerial vehicles are widely used in agriculture.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

飞行flying travel

联合Coordinate

飞行 names flying or traveling and 器 names a device, so it means an aircraft.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

彳亍行

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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