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HSK 2 · Travel

起飞

qǐ fēi

to take off

Stroke order of 起飞

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

起 · 10 strokes飞 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

Walk '走' yourself '己' to the runway, rise '起', and spread wings '飞' — takeoff!

Parts: 起 rise (走 walk + 己 self) + 飞 fly (pictograph of wings)

The characters in 起飞

  • 起 qǐ — to get up; to rise (10 strokes)
  • 飞 fēi — to fly (3 strokes)

Example sentence

飞机马上就要起飞了。

The plane is about to take off.

Words with 起

对不起sorry起床to get up起to get up; to rise起来to get up; to rise一起together想起to recall; to remember看起来to look; it seems

Words with 飞

飞机airplane飞to fly飞行to fly; flight

More words: Travel

旅行to travel; trip旅游to travel; tourism旅客traveller; passenger游客tourist出发to set off出国to go abroad回国to return to one's country出门to go out护照passport一路平安have a safe trip一路顺风bon voyage外地other places休假to take a vacation假期holiday; vacation

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