Meaning of 飞船
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- spaceship
- spacecraft
- dirigible
- airship
How to use 飞船
Today 飞船 most often means a spacecraft, especially crewed ones like China's 神舟 (Shénzhōu) missions. It can also mean an airship or blimp in older or technical contexts. Example: 飞船成功进入太空。(Fēichuán chénggōng jìnrù tàikōng.) The spacecraft successfully entered space.
飞船 is simply 飞 (fēi, to fly) plus 船 (chuán, boat): a boat that flies. Picture a ship sailing through the sky or through space.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 飞船 for an ordinary airplane, but a plane is 飞机 (fēijī). Also keep both tones high and rising correctly: fēi is first tone, chuán is second tone, not chuān.
飞船 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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飞 fēi · to fly · 3 strokes
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船 chuán · boat · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 飞船.
| 飞机 | fēijī | airplane |
| 起飞 | qǐfēi | (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to star |
| 飞行 | fēixíng | to fly; flight |
| 划船 | huáchuán | to row a boat; rowing; boating |
| 轮船 | lúnchuán | steamship; steamer; steamboat |
| 船长 | chuánzhǎng | captain (of a boat); skipper |
| 飞行员 | fēixíngyuán | pilot; aviator |
| 船员 | chuányuán | sailor; crew member |
| 船只 | chuánzhī | ship; boat |
| 飞翔 | fēixiáng | to circle in the air; to soar |
| 飞往 | fēiwǎng | |
| 帆船 | fānchuán | sailboat |
Questions about 飞船
What does 飞船 mean?
飞船 (fēichuán) means "spaceship; spacecraft" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 飞船?
飞船 is made of 2 characters: 飞 (3 strokes), 船 (11 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 飞船 an HSK word?
Yes. 飞船 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 飞船 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 飞船 is written 飛船.
What is the difference between 飞船 and 宇宙飞船?
宇宙飞船 (yǔzhòu fēichuán) explicitly means a spaceship. 飞船 alone is the shorter everyday form and usually means the same thing in context.
What measure word goes with 飞船?
The common measure word is 艘 (sōu), used for ships and vessels, as in 一艘飞船 (yì sōu fēichuán). You may also hear 架 (jià) in casual speech, though 艘 is more standard.