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飞行员fēi háng yuán
pilot
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 飞行员 | fēixíngyuán | |
| 1. n. pilot | ||
| 2. n. (slang) A man or boy who jerks off too much. | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| pilot | ||
| 1. 飞行员 | ||
| Components | ||
| 飞 | fēi | |
| 1. to fly | ||
| 2. to move in the sky; to hover, to flutter, to dart | ||
| 3. to disappear | ||
| 4. fast; rapid; swiftly | ||
| 5. very; extremely | ||
| 6. groundless; unfounded | ||
| 7. unexpected; accidental | ||
| 8. flying; suspending | ||
| 行 | xíng | |
| 1. usage. 行 itself is also used as a radical (in addition to 彳); unusually for radicals, the phonetic is placed in the middle – with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right – corresponding to the phonetic originally b | ||
| 2. (literary or dialectal) to walk | ||
| 3. to go; to move | ||
| 4. to carry out; to execute | ||
| 5. to perform (a salute) | ||
| 6. OK; good | ||
| 行，就 這麼 定 了。 - OK, it's a deal. | ||
| 7. to be good; to work | ||
| 我 覺得 這 方法 行。 - I think this will work. | ||
| 8. to be good (opposed to bad) (usually in negative sentences, or with (m, zh, 還)) | ||
| 我 成績 不 行。 - I have bad grades. | ||
| 9. to be able to do something (usually mentioned before) | ||
| 10. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 11. Notice that when meaning “be able to do something”, 行 can only be used without a complement. This is different fromto be able to (do something). | ||
| 12. profession; industry; trade; business | ||
| 13. place for specific transaction | ||
| 銀行háng - bank lit. money store | ||
| 珠寶行háng - jewellery store | ||
| 14. line of objects; row | ||
| 15. behaviour; conduct | ||
| 16. skill from monk training | ||
| 道行héng - monk training | ||
| 17. Only used in 樹行子 (row of trees) | ||
| 员 | yuán | |
| 1. member | ||
| 2. personnel; staff member | ||
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Pronunciation
fēi háng yuán
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