Take off in Chinese
to take off (of an aircraft) · HSK 3
起飞
- 起 to rise
- 飞 to fly
飞机马上就要起飞了。 The plane is about to take off.
Other ways to say take off
More words with 起 or 飞
How do you say take off in Chinese?
Take off in Chinese is 起飞 (qǐ fēi). You can also say 脱 (tuō), 摘 (zhāi).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.