Meaning of 飞行员
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- pilot
- aviator
How to use 飞行员
飞行员 is the standard word for a pilot of a plane, used for both airline and military pilots. It is fairly formal; in conversation people may also say 机长 (jīzhǎng) for the captain of a flight. Example: 他的梦想是当飞行员。(Tā de mèngxiǎng shì dāng fēixíngyuán.) His dream is to become a pilot.
Break it into three parts: 飞 (fēi) to fly, 行 (xíng) to go or travel, and 员 (yuán) a person who does a job. A person whose job is flying and traveling through the air is a pilot.
Common mistake: Learners who know 银行 (yínháng) sometimes read 行 here as háng, but in 飞行员 it is xíng, as in 行动 (xíngdòng). Also do not write 飞机员, which is not a word.
飞行员 in example sentences
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飞 fēi · to fly · 3 strokes
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行 xíng · to walk · 6 strokes
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员 yuán · person engaged in a certain field of ac… · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 飞行员.
| 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 飞行员
What does 飞行员 mean?
飞行员 (fēixíngyuán) means "pilot; aviator" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 飞行员?
飞行员 is made of 3 characters: 飞 (3 strokes), 行 (6 strokes), 员 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 飞行员 an HSK word?
Yes. 飞行员 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 飞行员 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 飞行员 is written 飛行員.
How do you say flight attendant in Chinese?
A flight attendant is 空乘 (kōngchéng) or 空中乘务员 (kōngzhōng chéngwùyuán). Older words like 空姐 (kōngjiě) for female attendants are still common in speech.
What does 飞行 mean on its own?
飞行 (fēixíng) means flight or to fly, usually in a technical or formal sense, as in 飞行时间 (fēixíng shíjiān) flight time. Adding 员 turns it into the person who does the flying.