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下机 (xià jī) — (verb-object) to get off a plane; to deplane; (verb-object) to log off or shut down a computer

Definition

下机 (xià jī) is a verb-object phrase meaning 'to get off' — most commonly used for deplaning (下飞机) or logging off a computer. With aircraft, the casual spoken choice is 下飞机; the 计算机/电脑 sense is more formal than 关机 ('shut down').

verb
(verb-object) to get off a planeto deplane(verb-object) to log off or shut down a computer

Examples

  • ，下机。
    Fēi jī yǐ jīng tíng wěn, chéng kè kě yǐ xià jī le.
    The plane has stopped, passengers may deplane.
  • 。
    Tā xià le jī jiù zhí bèn chū kǒu.
    He went straight to the exit as soon as he got off the plane.
  • 下机。
    Shǐ yòng wán diàn nǎo hòu jì de xià jī.
    Remember to log off the computer after using it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

下xiàget off
机jīplane/machine

下 points to getting off, while 机 names the plane or machine being left.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

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Appears in
Air Travel

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