起飞 qǐfēi▶ ถอดออก, ออกเดินทาง, บินขึ้น

Stroke order

起飞 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 起 — 10 strokes
• 飞 — 3 strokes

Senses

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

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

• 起来ตื่นนอน, ลุกขึ้น
• 一起ด้วยกัน
• 引起สาเหตุ, ก่อให้เกิด
• 起床ตื่นนอน, ลุกขึ้น
• 飞机เครื่องบิน
• 了不起น่าทึ่ง

起飞 is pronounced qǐfēi and means “ถอดออก, ออกเดินทาง, บินขึ้น”. It belongs to the HSK 3 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 起飞 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.