Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 宇宙飞船
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
airplane; CL:架[jia4]
飞fēito fly
船chuánboat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]; variant of 船[chuan2]
起飞qǐfēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
飞行fēixíng(of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation
飞行员fēixíngyuánpilot; aviator