# 起飞 (qǐfēi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 起飞 (qǐfēi) means “to take off (plane)”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to take off (plane)
- Pinyin: qǐfēi (qi3 fei1)
- Traditional: 起飛
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 飞机半个小时后就要起飞了。
  Fēijī bàn gè xiǎoshí hòu jiùyào qǐfēi le.
  The plane will take off in half an hour.

## Characters

- [起](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-get-up/) (qǐ): to get up; to rise
- [飞](https://hanziro.com/word/fei-fly/) (fēi): to fly

https://hanziro.com/word/qi-fei-take-off/

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