飞行员 (fēi xíng yuán) — pilot, aviator

Definition

A noun meaning 'pilot' (person who flies an aircraft) — distinct from the verb 驾驶 (to pilot/drive), and not the trial-project sense of 试点.

noun

pilotaviator

Measure word · 名

飞行员。
Tā de gē ge shì yì míng fēi xíng yuán.
His older brother is a pilot.
飞行员。
Zhè ge fēi xíng yuán měi tiān dōu yào jiǎn chá fēi jī.
This pilot has to check the airplane every day.
飞行员。
Nà wèi fēi xíng yuán fēi guò hěn duō guó jiā.
That pilot has flown to many countries.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

飞行to fly

偏正Modifier + head

A person in 飞行 is a pilot.

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

〇

〇líng員yuán

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

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