# 直升机 (zhíshēngjī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 直升机 (zhíshēngjī) means “helicopter”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: helicopter
- Pinyin: zhíshēngjī (zhi2 sheng1 ji1)
- Traditional: 直升機
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- Measure word: 架

## Examples

- 一架直升机飞过了山顶。
  Yī jià zhíshēngjī fēiguò le shāndǐng.
  A helicopter flew over the mountain top.

## Characters

- [直](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-straight/) (zhí): straight; to straighten
- [升](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-ascend/) (shēng): to ascend; to promote
- 机 (jī): machine; mechanism; aircraft

https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-sheng-ji-helicopter/

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