Chinese word dictionary

飞行员

fēixíngyuán · pilot; aviator

Practice word

Word information

Simplified飞行员

Traditional飛行員

Pinyinfēixíngyuán

Part of speech名

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

飞fēi

to fly, to dart; high

行xíng

to go, to walk, to move; professional

员yuán

employee; member; personnel, staff

How to learn 飞行员

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.

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Words with the same characters

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飞机fēijī

airplane; CL:架[jia4]

飞fēi

to fly

不行bùxíng

won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable

起飞qǐfēi

(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly

行xíng

(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon

行李xíngli

luggage; CL:件[jian4]