飛行機

See also: 飞行机

Chinese

	to fly; to be in flight	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (飛行機)	飛行	機
simp. (飞行机)	飞行	机
alternative forms	飛龍機／飞龙机 (-lêng-; -nn̄g-) Hokkien 飛凌機／飞凌机 (-lêng-; -nn̄g-) Hokkien

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Hui-hêng-ki (Southern Min)
飛行機 (Cantonese)
飛行機 (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (hikōki).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēixíngjī

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ hang⁴ gei¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fî-hàng-kî / pî-hàng-kî / hì-kho-khí / fî-yàng-kî / pî-yàng-kî

(Hailu, HRS): fui^ˋ hang gi^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-lêng-ki / hui-hêng-ki / poe-lêng-ki / hui-lêng-ki / hoe-nn̄g-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēixíngjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: feisíngji
  - Wade–Giles: fei¹-hsing²-chi¹
  - Yale: fēi-syíng-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feishyngji
  - Palladius: фэйсинцзи (fɛjsinczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei¹ hang⁴ gei¹
  - Yale: fēi hàhng gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ hang⁴ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ heng⁴ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî-hàng-kî / pî-hàng-kî / hì-kho-khí
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˊ hang^ˇ gi^ˊ / bi^ˊ hang^ˇ gi^ˊ / hi^ˇ ko ki^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹ hang² gi¹ / bi¹ hang² gi¹ / hi² ko⁴ ki³
  - Sinological IPA: /fi²⁴ haŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /pi²⁴ haŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /hi¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵ kʰi³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî-hàng-kî / fî-yàng-kî / pî-yàng-kî / hì-kho-khí
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˊ hang^ˇ gi^ˊ / fi^ˊ (r)iang^ˇ gi^ˊ / bi^ˊ (r)iang^ˇ gi^ˊ / hi^ˇ ko ki^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹ hang² gi¹ / fi¹ yang² gi¹ / bi¹ yang² gi¹ / hi² ko⁴ ki³
  - Sinological IPA: /fi²⁴ haŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /fi²⁴ (j)i̯aŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /pi²⁴ (j)i̯aŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /hi¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵ kʰi³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fui^ˋ hang gi^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /fui⁵³ haŋ⁵⁵ ki⁵³/

Note: hì-kho-khí - from Japanese pronunciation.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-lêng-ki
  - Tâi-lô: hue-lîng-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoelengky
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-hêng-ki
  - Tâi-lô: hui-hîng-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hui'hengky
  - IPA (Lukang): /hui³³ hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe-lêng-ki
  - Tâi-lô: pue-lîng-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poelengky
  - IPA (Tainan): /pue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-lêng-ki
  - Tâi-lô: hui-lîng-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huilengky
  - IPA (Yilan): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-nn̄g-ki
  - Tâi-lô: hue-nn̄g-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoenngxky

Noun

飛行機

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, dated in Mandarin) airplane; aeroplane (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)
- 等飛行機袂閣來想欲牽你的手唱這條戀歌 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  等飞行机袂阁来想欲牵你的手唱这条恋歌 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2018, 一九四五 1945 (Theme of Raid on Takao), 滅火器 ( Fire EX.)
  tán poe-lêng-ki bōe koh lâi siūⁿ-beh khan lí ê chhiú chhiùⁿ chit tiâu loân-koa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  When the [war]planes can't return again, I would like to take you by the hand and sing this love song

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 飛機 (“airplane”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		飛機, 銀燕 figurative
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	飛機, 鐵鳥兒 figurative
	Taiwan	飛機
	Chifeng	飛機
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	飛機
	Harbin	飛機
	Shenyang	飛機
	Malaysia	飛機
	Singapore	飛機
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	飛機, 飛艇
	Tangshan	飛機
	Cangzhou	飛機
	Baoding	飛機, 飛艇
	Shijiazhuang	飛機
	Jinan	飛機
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	飛機
Central Plains Mandarin	Zhengzhou	飛機
	Xi'an	飛機
	Xining	飛機
	Xuzhou	飛機
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	風船
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	風船
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	飛機
	Lanzhou	飛機
	Ürümqi	飛機
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	飛機
	Chongqing	飛機
	Wuhan	飛機, 飛艇
	Guiyang	飛機
	Kunming	飛機
	Guilin	飛機
	Liuzhou	飛機
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	飛機
	Yangzhou	飛機
	Nantong	飛機
	Hefei	飛機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飛機
	Hong Kong	飛機
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	飛機
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	飛機
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	飛機
	Taishan	飛機
	Yangjiang	飛機
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飛機
	Hepu (Shatian)	飛機
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	飛機
	Beihai	飛機
	Beihai (Nankang)	飛機
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飛機
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	飛機
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	飛機
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飛機
	Chongzuo (Laituan)	飛機
	Fusui (Qujiu)	飛機
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	飛機
	Singapore (Guangfu)	飛機
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飛機
	Móng Cái	飛機
Gan	Nanchang	飛機
Hakka	Meixian	飛機
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飛行機
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飛行機
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	飛行機
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	飛行機
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	飛行機
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飛行機, 飛機
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飛行機
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飛行機
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飛機, 飛行機
	Hong Kong	飛機
	Kuching (Hepo)	飛機
Huizhou	Shexian	飛機
Jin	Taiyuan	飛機, 飛艇
	Xinzhou	飛機
	Linhe	飛機
	Jining	飛機
	Hohhot	飛機
	Zhangjiakou	飛機
	Handan	飛機
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飛機
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飛機, 飛船
Southern Min	Xiamen	飛機, 飛船
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	飛船
	Quanzhou	飛機, 飛船
	Zhangzhou	飛機, 飛船
	Zhangpu	飛機
	Zhao'an	飛機, 飛船
	Zhao'an (Sidu)	飛機, 飛船
	Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang)	飛機
	Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping)	飛機, 飛船
	Taipei	飛行機, 飛機
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	飛行機
	Kaohsiung	飛行機
	Yilan	飛行機
	Changhua (Lukang)	飛行機
	Taichung	飛行機
	Tainan	飛行機
	Hsinchu	飛行機
	Kinmen	飛船, 飛機
	Penghu (Magong)	飛行機
	Penang (Hokkien)	飛機, 飛船
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飛機, 飛船 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	飛機
	Chaozhou	飛機
	Raoping	飛機
	Shantou	飛機
	Jieyang	飛機
	Singapore (Teochew)	飛機
	Pontianak (Teochew)	飛機
	Singapore (Hainanese)	飛機
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	飛機
Southern Pinghua	Binyang	飛機
Wu	Shanghai	飛機
	Suzhou	飛機
	Wenzhou	飛機
Xiang	Changsha	飛機
Xiang	Shuangfeng	飛機

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飛	行	機
ひ Grade: 4	こう Grade: 2	き Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spelling
飛行器 (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1908, cited from the 万朝報 (Yorozu Chōho) serial in its October 3 issue.^[1]

From 飛行 (hikō, “flying, flight”) +‎ 機 (-ki, “machine”), a calque of English flying machine.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひこーき [hìkóꜜòkì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [çi̥ko̞ːkʲi]

Noun

飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) • (hikōki) ^{←ひかうき (fikauki)^?} (counter 機)

an airplane, aeroplane
(obsolete) Clipping of 空中飛行機 (kūchū hikōki): a flying machine
- 1904, Ryōichi Yazu, Hayakuri jisho [Quick Reference Kanji Dictionary], page 3:
  
  鳥(とり)は輕(かる)ひ瓦斯(ガス)にて浮(うか)んで居(ゐ)るのではないと云(い)ふことに心(こゝろ)付(づ)いて、空(くう)氣(き)の抵(てい)抗(かう)力(りよく)を利(り)用(よう)して空(くう)中(ちゆう)に浮(うか)び、而(しか)して飛(ひ)行(かう)せんとする所(ところ)の飛(ひ)行(かう)機(き) Flying machine を發(はつ)明(めい)せんと企(くはだ)てた所(ところ)の人(じん)士(し)も古(こ)來(らい)少(すくな)くありません。
  Tori wa karui gasu ni te ukande iru no de wa nai to iu koto ni kokorozuite, kūki no teikōryoku o riyō shite kūchū ni ukabi, shikashite hikō sen to suru tokoro no hikōki (furaingu mashin) o hatsumei sen to kuwadateta tokoro no jinshi mo korai sukunaku arimasen.
  There is no shortage of people from ancient times who, after realising that birds do not float upon a light gas, have plotted to invent flying machines that fly by floating in the air by using air resistance.

Derived terms

飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き)雲(ぐも) (hikōkigumo)
紙(かみ)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (kamihikōki)
鴨(かも)型(がた)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (kamogata hikōki)
空(くう)中(ちゅう)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (kūchū hikōki)
軽(けい)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (keihikōki)
高(こう)翼(よく)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (kōyoku hikōki)
三(さん)葉(よう)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (san'yō hikōki)
人(じん)力(りょく)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (jinryoku hikōki)
水(すい)上(じょう)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (suijō hikōki)
陸(りく)上(じょう)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (rikujō hikōki)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 飛行機／飞行机 (fēixíngjī)
→ Atayal: hikoki'
→ Amis: hikoki
→ Kanakanabu: hikoki
→ Korean: 비행기(飛行機) (bihaenggi)
→ Paiwan: hikuki
→ Puyuma: hikuki
→ Sakizaya: hikuki
→ Tsou: hikoki

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
飛	行	機

Noun

飛行機 • (bihaenggi) (hangeul 비행기)

hanja form^? of 비행기 (“airplane, aeroplane”)

Yonaguni

Kanji in this term
飛	行	機
Grade: 4	Grade: 2	Grade: 4

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (hikōki).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [çiɡuŋ̍kʲi]

Noun

飛行機(ひぐんき) or 飛行機(ちこーき) (higunki or chikōki)

an airplane, aeroplane

[1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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