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飞行员fēi xíng yuán
pilot
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 飞行员 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 飛行員 | ||
| 飛行員 | fēixíngyuán | |
| 1. n. pilot; aviator; airman | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| pilot | ||
| 1. 飞行员 | ||
| Components | ||
| 飞 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 飛 | ||
| 飛 | fēi | |
| 1. (intransitive, of insects, birds, etc.) to fly | ||
| 2. (intransitive) to fly (gl-lite, on an aircraft) | ||
| 我 聽ting1日 飛。 - I am flying on an airplane tomorrow. | ||
| 3. to fly (gl-lite, on an aircraft) to | ||
| 我 明天 飛 臺北。 (Wǒ míngtiān fēi Táiběi.) - I am flying to Taipei on an airplane tomorrow. | ||
| 4. to float in the sky; to hover | ||
| 漫天 飛 雪 (màntiān fēi xuě) - it’s snowing all over | ||
| 六月 飛 霜 (liùyuè fēi shuāng) - it’s frosting throughout June | ||
| 5. to volatilize | ||
| 6. fast; rapid; swiftly | ||
| 飛奔 (fēibēn) - to dash | ||
| 飛漲 (fēizhàng) - to soar | ||
| 7. very; extremely | ||
| 8. groundless; unfounded | ||
| 流言飛語 (liúyánfēiyǔ) - rumor and slander; gossip | ||
| 9. unexpected; accidental | ||
| 飛禍 (fēihuò) - unexpected disaster | ||
| 10. (Cantonese) to remove | ||
| 11. (Cantonese) to skip; to disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation | ||
| 考 嗰 陣，見到dou3-2 有 題目 唔 識 做 就 飛 咗 佢。 - In the exam, when you see questions that you don't know, skip them. | ||
| 12. (Cantonese) to dump; to end a romantic relationship with | ||
| 啱啱 我 畀 我 條 女 飛 咗 。 - I just got dumped by my girlfriend. | ||
| 13. (Cantonese) ticket; fare | ||
| 車飛 - bus or train ticket | ||
| 戲 飛 - movie ticket | ||
| 你 買 咗 飛 未？ - Have you bought a ticket? | ||
| 14. (Cantonese) | ||
| 15. (mahjong) | ||
| 16. (Cantonese, by extension) | ||
| 17. (Xiamen, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien) to fizzle out; to fail; to fall through | ||
| 18. femto- (gl-lite, SI unit prefix) | ||
| 行 | xíng | |
| 1. (literary or dialectal) to walk | ||
| 2. (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to go | ||
| 架 巴士 行 得 好 慢 - the bus goes slowly | ||
| 3. (Cantonese) to navigate | ||
| 落車\落咗車 之 後 點 行 呀？ - What do I do after I get off? | ||
| 4. (Cantonese, computing) to run | ||
| 5. to go; to move | ||
| 6. to carry out; to execute | ||
| 7. to perform (a salute) | ||
| 8. OK; good | ||
| 行，就 這麼 定 了。 (Xíng, jiù zhème dìng le.) - OK, it's a deal. | ||
| 9. to be good; to work | ||
| 我 覺得 這 方法 行。 (Wǒ juéde zhè fāngfǎ xíng.) - I think this will work. | ||
| 10. to be good (opposed to bad) (usually in negative sentences, or with (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 還)) | ||
| 我 成績 不 行。 (Wǒ chéngjì bù xíng.) - I have bad grades. | ||
| 11. to be able to do something (usually mentioned before) | ||
| 他 能 四 分鐘 跑 一 公里，我 不 行。 (Tā néng sì fēnzhōng pǎo yī gōnglǐ, wǒ bù xíng.) - He can run a kilometre within 4 minutes. I can't (do that). | ||
| 12. (often, sarcastic) remarkable | ||
| 你 真 行。 (Nǐ zhēn xíng.) - You are really something. | ||
| 可還行 (kěháixíng) - | ||
| 13. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 14. Notice that when meaning “be able to do something”, (lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 行) can only be used without a complement. This is different from m-lite, zh, 能, sc=Hani, tr=néng, t=to be able to (do somet | ||
| 15. profession; industry; trade; business | ||
| 16. place for specific transaction | ||
| 銀行háng (yínháng) - bank lit. silver store | ||
| 珠寶行háng (zhūbǎoháng) - jewellery store | ||
| 17. line of objects; row | ||
| 兩 行hong4 字 - two lines of text | ||
| 18. (Mainland) row (in data tables) | ||
| Synonyms: 列 | ||
| 19. (Taiwan) column (in data tables) | ||
| Synonyms: 列 | ||
| 20. (Cantonese) Short for 行貨, tr=- | ||
| 21. (Cantonese) coarse; of poor quality; too general | ||
| 22. behaviour; conduct | ||
| 23. skill from monk training | ||
| 道行héng (dàohéng) - monk training | ||
| 24. order; rank | ||
| 25. Used in 樹行子 (row of trees) | ||
| 员 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 員 | ||
| 員 | yuán | |
| 1. member | ||
| 2. personnel; staff member | ||
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Pronunciation
fēi xíng yuán
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