飛行機

飛行機

See also: 飞行机

Chinese

		flying; flight; to fly	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (飛行機)		飛行	機
simp. (飞行机)		飞行	机
variant forms		飛龍機／飞龙机 (hoe-lêng-ki; hui-; poe-; -nn̄g-)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēixíngjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ hang⁴ gei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fî-hàng-kî / pî-hàng-kî / hì-kho-khí / fî-yàng-kî / pî-yàng-kî
• Min Nan (POJ): hoe-lêng-ki / hui-hêng-ki / poe-lêng-ki / hui-lêng-ki / hoe-nn̄g-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fēixíngjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feishyngji
    • IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ hang⁴ gei¹
    • Yale: fēi hàhng gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ hang⁴ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ heng⁴ géi¹
    • 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´ hangˇ gi´ / bi´ hangˇ gi´ / hiˇ ko ki`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi<sup>1</sup> hang<sup>2</sup> gi<sup>1</sup> / bi<sup>1</sup> hang<sup>2</sup> gi<sup>1</sup> / hi<sup>2</sup> ko<sup>4</sup> ki<sup>3</sup>
    • IPA: /fi²⁴ haŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /pi²⁴ haŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /hi¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵ kʰi³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî-hàng-kî / fî-yàng-kî / pî-yàng-kî / hì-kho-khí
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi´ hangˇ gi´ / fi´ (r)iangˇ gi´ / bi´ (r)iangˇ gi´ / hiˇ ko ki`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹ hang² gi¹ / fi¹ yang² gi¹ / bi¹ yang² gi¹ / hi² ko⁴ ki³
    • IPA: /fi²⁴ haŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /fi²⁴ (j)i̯aŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /pi²⁴ (j)i̯aŋ¹¹ ki²⁴/, /hi¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵ kʰi³¹/

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

• Min Nan
  • (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
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe-lêng-ki
    • Tâi-lô: pue-lîng-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poelengky
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-lêng-ki
    • Tâi-lô: hui-lîng-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huilengky
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-nn̄g-ki
    • Tâi-lô: hue-nn̄g-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoenngxky

Noun

飛行機

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, dated in Mandarin) airplane

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 飛機 (“airplane”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		飛機
Mandarin	Beijing	飛機
	Taiwan	飛機
	Jinan	飛機
	Xi'an	飛機
	Wuhan	飛機, 飛艇
	Chengdu	飛機
	Yangzhou	飛機
	Hefei	飛機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飛機
	Hong Kong	飛機
	Taishan	飛機
	Yangjiang	飛機
Gan	Nanchang	飛機
Hakka	Meixian	飛機
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飛行機
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	飛行機
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	飛行機, 飛機
	Dongshi (Dabu)	飛行機
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	飛行機
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	飛機, 飛行機
Jin	Taiyuan	飛機, 飛艇
Min Bei	Jian'ou	飛機
Min Dong	Fuzhou	飛機, 飛船
Min Nan	Xiamen	飛機, 飛船
	Quanzhou	飛機, 飛船
	Zhangzhou	飛機, 飛船
	Taipei	飛行機, 飛機
	Kaohsiung	飛行機
	Tainan	飛行機
	Taichung	飛行機
	Hsinchu	飛行機
	Lukang	飛行機
	Sanxia	飛行機
	Yilan	飛行機
	Kinmen	飛船, 飛機
	Magong	飛行機
	Penang	飛機, 飛船
	Philippines (Manila)	飛機
	Chaozhou	飛機
Wu	Shanghai	飛機
	Suzhou	飛機
	Wenzhou	飛機
Xiang	Changsha	飛機
	Shuangfeng	飛機

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #5609”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Further reading

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
飛	行	機
ひ Grade: 4	こう Grade: 2	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

飛行 (ひこう, hikō, “aviation”)(from 飛 (ひ, hi, “fly”) + 行 (こう, kō, “go”)) + 機 (き, ki, “machine”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ひこ​ーき [hìkóꜜòkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [çi̥ko̞ːkʲi]

Noun

飛行機 (counter 機, hiragana ひこうき, rōmaji hikōki)

1. an airplane

Related terms

• 航 (こう)空 (くう)機 (き) (kōkūki): aircraft
• 飛 (ひ)行 (こう)船 (せん) (hikōsen): airship

References

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
飛	行	機

Noun

飛行機 • (bihaenggi) (hangeul 비행기)

1. Hanja form^? of 비행기 (“airplane”).

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Yonaguni

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 飛行機.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiɡuŋ̍ki/

Noun

飛行機 (hiragana ひぐんき, romaji higunki, hiragana ちこーき, romaji chikōki)

1. airplane