Meaning of 飞行
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to fly; flight
How to use 飞行
飞行 is a more formal or technical word than 飞 alone, often used for aircraft, pilots, and flight time. It also appears in compounds like 飞行员 (fēixíngyuán, pilot). Example: 这次飞行要十个小时。(Zhè cì fēixíng yào shí gè xiǎoshí.) This flight takes ten hours.
飞 (fēi) means to fly, and 行 (xíng) means to go or travel. Put them together and you get traveling by flying, which is flight.
Common mistake: 行 has two readings. In 飞行 it is xíng, but in 银行 (yínháng, bank) it is háng, so do not read 飞行 as fēiháng. Also, for everyday sentences like "I fly to Beijing," learners should use 飞 or 坐飞机 rather than 飞行.
飞行 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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行 xíng · to walk · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 飞行.
| 飞机 | fēijī | airplane |
| 不行 | bùxíng | won't do; be out of the question |
| 进行 | jìnxíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out |
| 行动 | xíngdòng | operation; action |
| 行为 | xíngwéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 银行 | yínháng | bank |
| 旅行 | lǚxíng | to travel; journey; trip |
| 举行 | jǔxíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 起飞 | qǐfēi | (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to star |
| 流行 | liúxíng | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) |
| 自行车 | zìxíngchē | bicycle; bike |
| 行人 | xíngrén | pedestrian; traveler on foot |
Questions about 飞行
What does 飞行 mean?
飞行 (fēixíng) means "to fly; flight" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 飞行?
飞行 is made of 2 characters: 飞 (3 strokes), 行 (6 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 飞行 an HSK word?
Yes. 飞行 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 飞行 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 飞行 is written 飛行.
What is the difference between 飞 and 飞行?
飞 is the everyday verb for flying and can take a destination, as in 我明天飞上海 (Wǒ míngtiān fēi Shànghǎi). 飞行 is more formal, describes the act of flight itself, and usually does not take a destination directly after it.
How do you say "flight" as in a flight number?
For a scheduled flight, Chinese uses 航班 (hángbān), as in 航班号 (hángbān hào, flight number). 飞行 refers to the act or process of flying, not a specific scheduled trip.