起飞 qǐfēi take off

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Traditional: 起飛

Stroke order

起飞 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

起飞 — the Chinese character for take off (qǐfēi), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 起飞 — take off

起 — 10 strokes
飞 — 3 strokes

Senses

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

Characters in 起飞

起 qǐ — to rise; to raise; to get up
飞 fēi — to fly

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

飞机马上就要起飞了。Fēijī mǎshàng jiù yào qǐfēi le.The plane is about to take off.
我们的飞机八点起飞。Wǒmen de fēijī bā diǎn qǐfēi.Our plane takes off at eight.

Related words

起飞 is pronounced qǐfēi and means “take off”.

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