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起飞

qǐfēi

Traditional: 起飛

(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off

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Meaning of 起飞 in English

qǐfēiHSK 3verbSyllabus #802
  1. (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off
  2. (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly

Example sentences

  1. 那架飞机五点起飞。
    nà jià fēi jī wǔ diǎn qǐ fēi。
    That plane will take off at five.
    Tatoeba #405224 by fucongcong · #67851 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 飞机十分钟后起飞。
    fēi jī shí fēn zhōng hòu qǐ fēi。
    The plane takes off in ten minutes.
    Tatoeba #9958590 by GlossaMatik · #318031 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 飞机快要起飞了。
    fēi jī kuài yào qǐ fēi le。
    The plane is about to take off.
    Tatoeba #8883976 by crescat · #318068 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

起 on its own →
qǐ · classifier for occurrences or unpredicta

HSK words with 起

起床HSK 1对不起HSK 1起来HSK 2一起HSK 2起HSK 3起到HSK 4引起HSK 4发起HSK 5提起HSK 5了不起HSK 5
飞 on its own →
fēi · to fly

HSK words with 飞

飞机HSK 1飞HSK 2飞行HSK 5飞行员HSK 5放飞HSK 6飞速HSK 6飞船HSK 7–9飞碟HSK 7–9飞翔HSK 7–9飞跃HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences