飛行機

See also: 飞行机

Chinese

to fly; to be in flight machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (飛行機) 飛行 機
simp. (飞行机) 飞行 机
alternative forms 飛龍機/飞龙机 (-lêng-; -nn̄g-) Hokkien
飛凌機/飞凌机 (-lêng-; -nn̄g-) Hokkien

Etymology

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

Pronunciation


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

Noun

飛行機

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, dated in Mandarin) airplane; aeroplane (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)

Synonyms

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飛 行 機
ひ
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 2
き
Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
飛行器 (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1908, cited from the 万朝報 (Yorozu Chōho) serial in its October 3 issue.[1]

From 飛行 (hikō, “flying, flight”) +‎ 機 (-ki, “machine”), a calque of English flying machine.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひこ​ーき [hìkóꜜòkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥ko̞ːkʲi]

Noun

飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) • (hikōki) ←ひかうき (fikauki)? (counter 機)

  1. an airplane, aeroplane
  2. (obsolete) Clipping of 空中飛行機 (kūchū hikōki): a flying machine
    • 1904, Ryōichi Yazu, Hayakuri jisho [Quick Reference Kanji Dictionary], page 3:
      鳥(とり)は輕(かる)ひ瓦斯(ガス)にて浮(うか)んで居(ゐ)るのではないと云(い)ふことに心(こゝろ)付(づ)いて、空(くう)氣(き)の抵(てい)抗(かう)力(りよく)を利(り)用(よう)して空(くう)中(ちゆう)に浮(うか)び、而(しか)して飛(ひ)行(かう)せんとする所(ところ)の飛(ひ)行(かう)機(き) Flying machine を發(はつ)明(めい)せんと企(くはだ)てた所(ところ)の人(じん)士(し)も古(こ)來(らい)少(すくな)くありません。
      Tori wa karui gasu ni te ukande iru no de wa nai to iu koto ni kokorozuite, kūki no teikōryoku o riyō shite kūchū ni ukabi, shikashite hikō sen to suru tokoro no hikōki (furaingu mashin) o hatsumei sen to kuwadateta tokoro no jinshi mo korai sukunaku arimasen.
      There is no shortage of people from ancient times who, after realising that birds do not float upon a light gas, have plotted to invent flying machines that fly by floating in the air by using air resistance.

Derived terms

  • 飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き)雲(ぐも) (hikōkigumo)
  • 紙(かみ)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (kamihikōki)
  • 鴨(かも)型(がた)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (kamogata hikōki)
  • 空(くう)中(ちゅう)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (kūchū hikōki)
  • 軽(けい)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (keihikōki)
  • 高(こう)翼(よく)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (kōyoku hikōki)
  • 三(さん)葉(よう)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (san'yō hikōki)
  • 人(じん)力(りょく)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (jinryoku hikōki)
  • 水(すい)上(じょう)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (suijō hikōki)
  • 陸(りく)上(じょう)飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (rikujō hikōki)

Descendants

See also

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  1. 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
飛行機

Noun

飛行機 • (bihaenggi) (hangeul 비행기)

  1. Hanja form? of 비행기 (“airplane, aeroplane”).

Yonaguni

Kanji in this term
飛 行 機
Grade: 4 Grade: 2 Grade: 4

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (hikōki).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [çiɡuŋ̍kʲi]

Noun

飛行機(ひぐんき) or 飛行機(ちこーき) (higunki or chikōki) 

  1. an airplane, aeroplane
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