飛行機

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See also: 飞行机

Chinese

to fly; to be in flight machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (飛行機) 飛行
simp. (飞行机) 飞行
alternative forms 飛龍機飞龙机 (-lêng-; -nn̄g-) Hokkien
飛凌機飞凌机 (-lêng-; -nn̄g-) Hokkien
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Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese ()(こう)() (hikōki).

Pronunciation


Note: hì-kho-khí - from Japanese pronunciation.

Noun

飛行機

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, dated in Mandarin) airplane; aeroplane (Classifier: mn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
飛行器 (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1908, cited from the 万朝報 (Yorozu Chōho) serial in its October 3 issue.

From 飛行 (hikō, flying, flight) +‎ (-ki, machine), a calque of English flying machine.

Pronunciation

Noun

()(こう)() (hikōkiひかうき (fikauki)? (counter )

  1. an airplane, aeroplane
  2. (obsolete) Clipping of 空中飛行機 (kūchū hikōki): a flying machine
    • 1904, Ryōichi Yazu, Hayakuri jisho [Quick Reference Kanji Dictionary], page 3:
      (とり)(かる)瓦斯(ガス)にて(うか)んで()るのではないと()ふことに(こゝろ)()いて、(くう)()(てい)(かう)(りよく)()(よう)して(くう)(ちゆう)(うか)び、(しか)して()(かう)せんとする(ところ)()(かう)() Flying machine(はつ)(めい)せんと(くはだ)てた(ところ)(じん)()()(らい)(すくな)くありません。
      Tori wa karui gasu ni te ukande iru no de wa nai to iu koto ni kokorozuite, kūki no teikōryoku o riyō shite kūchū ni ukabi, shikashite hikō sen to suru tokoro no hikōki (furaingu mashin) o hatsumei sen to kuwadateta tokoro no jinshi mo korai sukunaku arimasen.
      There is no shortage of people from ancient times who, after realising that birds do not float upon a light gas, have plotted to invent flying machines that fly by floating in the air by using air resistance.

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  1. 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

飛行機 (bihaenggi) (hangeul 비행기)

  1. Hanja form? of 비행기 (airplane, aeroplane).

Yonaguni

Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Grade: 2 Grade: 4

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ()(こう)() (hikōki).

Pronunciation

Noun

飛行機(ひぐんき) or 飛行機(ちこーき) (higunki or chikōki

  1. an airplane, aeroplane