Meaning of 航班
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
How to use 航班
航班 refers to a scheduled flight or sailing, and it is common at airports, on tickets, and in travel news. It often follows a number or comes with words like 取消 (qǔxiāo, cancel) or 延误 (yánwù, delay). Example: 我的航班延误了。(Wǒ de hángbān yánwù le.) My flight is delayed.
航 (háng) means to sail or fly, as in 航空 (hángkōng) aviation, and 班 (bān) is a shift or scheduled run, as in 上班 (shàngbān). Put them together and you get a scheduled run through the air or across the sea: a flight.
Common mistake: Learners often use 航班 for the experience of flying, as in "the flight was bumpy." For the act of flying, Chinese usually says 坐飞机 (zuò fēijī) or 飞行 (fēixíng) instead. Also keep 航 (háng) in the second tone, not hàng.
航班 in example sentences
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航 háng · vessel · 10 strokes
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班 bān · team · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 航班.
| 上班 | shàngbān | to go to work; to be on duty |
| 下班 | xiàbān | to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc) |
| 班长 | bānzhǎng | class monitor; squad leader |
| 班级 | bānjí | class (group of students); grade (in school) |
| 航空 | hángkōng | aviation |
| 加班 | jiābān | to work overtime |
| 培训班 | péixùnbān | training class |
| 值班 | zhíbān | to work a shift; on duty |
| 西班牙语 | Xībānyáyǔ | Spanish language |
| 宇航员 | yǔhángyuán | astronaut |
| 上班族 | shàngbānzú | office workers (as social group) |
| 航行 | hángxíng | to sail; to fly |
Questions about 航班
What does 航班 mean?
航班 (hángbān) means "(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 航班?
航班 is made of 2 characters: 航 (10 strokes), 班 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.
Is 航班 an HSK word?
Yes. 航班 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the measure word for 航班?
The usual measure word is 个 (gè) in casual speech, or 趟 (tàng) and 次 (cì) for trips. For a specific flight number you say 航班 plus the number, for example CA981航班.
How do I say flight number in Chinese?
Flight number is 航班号 (hángbānhào). You might hear 请问您的航班号是多少？(Qǐngwèn nín de hángbānhào shì duōshao?) What is your flight number?