hui-hêng-ki

hui-hêng-ki

Min Nan

trad.	飛行機
simpl.	飞行机

Alternative forms

• hoe-lêng-ki
• hui-lêng-ki
• poe-lêng-ki
• hoe-nn̄g-ki

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 飛 (ひ)行 (こう)機 (き) (hikōki, “airplane”).

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-hêng-ki
  • Tâi-lô: hui-hîng-ki
  • Phofsit Daibuun: hui'hengky

Noun

hui-hêng-ki (POJ, traditional 飛行機, simplified 飞行机)

1. (Taiwan, chiefly Lukang, Sanxia) airplane

Synonyms

• 飛機／飞机 (hui-ki)

References

• zh-min-nan:w:hui-hêng-ki

Further reading

• 日製台語再探索 (exploring Taiwanese words of Japanese origin)