“Airplane” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “airplane” is 飛行機 (hikōki). In Chinese it is 飞机 (fēi jī).
Japanese
飛行機
ひこうき · hikōki
飛行機が空を飛んでいます。
The airplane is flying in the sky.
Chinese (Simplified)
飞机
fēi jī
飞机在天上飞。
The airplane is flying in the sky.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 架: 一架飞机 means “one airplane”.
“Airplane” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 飛行機 ひこうき · hikōki | 飛行機が空を飛んでいます。 |
| English | airplane /ˈerpleɪn/ | The airplane is flying in the sky. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 飞机 fēi jī | 飞机在天上飞。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 飛機 fēi jī | 飛機在天上飛。 |
| Korean | 비행기 | 비행기가 하늘을 날고 있어요. |
| Spanish | avión | El avión vuela por el cielo. |
| French | avion | L'avion vole dans le ciel. |
| German | Flugzeug | Das Flugzeug fliegt am Himmel. |
| Italian | aereo | L'aereo vola nel cielo. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | avião | O avião está voando no céu. |
| Russian | самолёт | Самолёт летит в небе. |
| Arabic | طائرة | الطائرة تطير في السماء. |
| Hindi | हवाई जहाज़ | हवाई जहाज़ आसमान में उड़ रहा है। |
| Indonesian | pesawat | Pesawat terbang di langit. |
| Vietnamese | máy bay | Máy bay đang bay trên bầu trời. |
| Thai | เครื่องบิน | เครื่องบินกำลังบินอยู่บนท้องฟ้า |
| Turkish | uçak | Uçak gökyüzünde uçuyor. |
| Dutch | vliegtuig | Het vliegtuig vliegt in de lucht. |
| Swedish | flygplan | Flygplanet flyger på himlen. |
| Polish | samolot | Samolot leci po niebie. |