起飞(qǐ fēi): (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off
(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 起飞 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 起飞 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
飞机快要起飞了。
fēi jī kuài yào qǐ fēi le
The plane is about to take off.
飞机十分钟后起飞。
fēi jī shí fēn zhōng hòu qǐ fēi
The plane takes off in ten minutes.
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