飛行機
See also: 飞行机
Chinese
to fly; to be in flight | machine; opportunity; secret | ||
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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 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 飛機 (“airplane”) [map]
Further reading
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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飛 | 行 | 機 |
ひ Grade: 4 |
こう Grade: 2 |
き Grade: 4 |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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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.
Noun
飛行機 • (hikōki) ←ひかうき (fikauki)? (counter 機)
- an airplane, aeroplane
- (obsolete) Clipping of 空中飛行機 (kūchū hikōki): a flying machine
- 1904, Ryōichi Yazu, Hayakuri jisho [Quick Reference Kanji Dictionary], page 3:
- 鳥は輕ひ瓦斯にて浮んで居るのではないと云ふことに心付いて、空氣の抵抗力を利用して空中に浮び、而して飛行せんとする所の飛行機 Flying machine を發明せんと企てた所の人士も古來少くありません。
- Tori wa karui gasu ni te ukandeiru 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.
- 鳥は輕ひ瓦斯にて浮んで居るのではないと云ふことに心付いて、空氣の抵抗力を利用して空中に浮び、而して飛行せんとする所の飛行機 Flying machine を發明せんと企てた所の人士も古來少くありません。
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Yonaguni
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiɡuŋ̍ki/
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