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航班 (háng bān) — (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing

Definition

A scheduled flight or sailing — a specific service on a route, not the act of flying. Pairs with 航运 (shipping by sea).

noun
(scheduled) flight(scheduled) sailing
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 航班？
    Nǐ de háng bān shì míng tiān zǎo shàng ma?
    Is your flight tomorrow morning?
  • 航班。
    Zhè ge háng bān yīn wèi tiān qì qǔ xiāo le.
    This flight was canceled due to weather.
  • 航班。
    Wǒ yào zuò háng bān qù shàng hǎi.
    I want to take a flight to Shanghai.

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.

航hángflight
班bānscheduled service

航 gives flight and 班 gives a scheduled service, giving a scheduled flight.

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
舟舟zhōuboat
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.

Open 航 →

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

  • 珏珏juépieces of jade
  • 刀刀dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

Open 班 →
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