hui-lêng-ki

Min Nan

trad.	飛行機 or 飛龍機
simpl.	飞行机 or 飞龙机

Alternative forms

hoe-lêng-ki
hui-hêng-ki
poe-lêng-ki
hoe-nn̄g-ki

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 飛 (ひ)行 (こう)機 (き) (hikōki, “airplane”).

Pronunciation

(Hokkien: Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-lêng-ki
- Tâi-lô: hui-lîng-ki
- Phofsit Daibuun: huilengky

Noun

hui-lêng-ki (POJ, traditional 飛行機 or 飛龍機, simplified 飞行机 or 飞龙机)

(Taiwan, chiefly Yilan) airplane

Synonyms

飛機／飞机 (hui-ki)

References

zh-min-nan:w:hui-hêng-ki

Further reading

日製台語再探索 (exploring Taiwanese words of Japanese origin)

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