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专机 (zhuān jī) — private plane, chartered plane, special flight (for a specific person or purpose); dedicated secure phone line (telecommunications)

Definition

专 (zhuān) means 'special / dedicated' — so 专机 is a plane reserved for one VIP, event, or purpose (a president, a company trip), not a regular commercial flight.

noun
private planechartered planespecial flight (for a specific person or purpose)dedicated secure phone line (telecommunications)
Measure word · 架

Examples

  • 专机。
    Zǒng tǒng de zhuān jī yǐ jīng jiàng luò zài jī chǎng le.
    The president's special plane has landed at the airport.
  • 专机。
    Gōng sī wèi tā ān pái le yí jià zhuān jī qù shàng hǎi kāi huì.
    The company arranged a chartered plane for him to go to Shanghai for a meeting.
  • 专机。
    Zhè jià zhuān jī shàng zhǐ yǒu jǐ wèi zhòng yào de chéng kè.
    There are only a few important passengers on this private plane.

Origin

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.

专zhuānspecial
机jīplane

专 'special' and 机 'plane' denote a plane set aside for a purpose.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

Open 专 →

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.

Open 机 →
Appears in
Air Travel

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