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飛 is the single character for flight, flying, or to fly.
It can be a single character in Chinese and Korean Hanja. However, in Japanese, it's often understood as a female given name Fei or used to mean a rook (shoji). 飛 is best if your audience is Chinese.
Incredible 10,000-Mile Flight of the Peng
鵬程萬里 is an ancient Chinese proverb used in modern times to wish someone a long and successful career.
It's really about the 10,000 Flight of the Peng (Peng, also known as Roc is a mythical fish that can turn into a bird and take flight).
莊子
Zhuangzi or Chuang Tzu
Breaking down each character:
1. Peng or Roc (a kind of bird).
2. Journey (in this case, a flight).
3. 10,000 (Ten Thousand).
4. Li is a unit of distance often referred to as a “Chinese Mile,” though the real distance is about half a kilometer.
Direct Translation: “Peng's Journey [of] 10,000 Li.”
Literal meaning: “The 10,000-Li Flying Range Of The Roc.”
Perceived meaning: “To have a bright future” or “To go far.”
This proverb/idiom comes from the book of Zhuangzi or Chuang Tzu. It tells the tale of a huge fish that could turn into a gigantic bird. This bird was called a “peng” and was many miles long. This legendary size allowed the Peng to fly from the Northern Sea to the Southern Sea in a single bound.
Wishing someone “a Peng's Journey of 10,000 Li” will imply that they can travel far without stopping and will have great success, a long career, and a prosperous future.
神舟 is the name of the Chinese spacecraft “Shenzhou.” The name means “divine craft” or “saintly vessel.”
The name is a play on words in Chinese, as there is an alternate name for China that is pronounced “Shenzhou” but means “Divine land” or “Land of the Gods” (just the second character is different).
The first flight of a Shenzhou spacecraft was in 1999, with more missions following. The next is planned for 2008, and will include China's first “spacewalk.” The tenth Shenzhou mission is planned for 2015, when China has promised its people that a Chinese astronaut will walk on the moon (or at least orbit the moon - there are two ways to interpret the announcement made in 2005).
For those of you concerned, this word is pronounced more like “Shen Joe” (with a slightly soft “J”) than the Romanization would suggest.
2016 Update: I wrote the above in 2006. Imagine that, 10 years later, none of the promises came true.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your flight search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
飛揚 飞扬 see styles |
fēi yáng fei1 yang2 fei yang hiyou / hiyo ひよう |
More info & calligraphy: Flying / Flight / Rising Upward(n,vs,vi) flying; flight; (personal name) Hiyou |
段 see styles |
duàn duan4 tuan dan だん |
paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc (n,ctr) (1) step; stair; rung; (flight of) steps; (n,ctr) (2) shelf; layer; tier; (3) grade; level; class; (n,ctr) (4) dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank; (5) paragraph; passage; (n,ctr) (6) column (of print); (n,ctr) (7) act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); section; scene; (8) row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table); (9) stage (in a process); phase; occasion; time; moment; situation; (10) (form) (as ...の段) matter; occasion; (11) (as ...どころの段ではない, ...という段じゃない, etc.) degree; extent; (counter) (12) counter for breaks in written language or speech; (place-name, surname) Dan A piece; a section, paragraph. piṇda, a ball, lump, especially of palatable food, sustenance. |
翪 see styles |
zōng zong1 tsung |
uneven flight of a bird |
翾 see styles |
xuān xuan1 hsüan |
flirtatious; short flight |
龖 see styles |
dá da2 ta |
a vista of a dragon in flight |
伏長 see styles |
fusenaga ふせなが |
going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length |
便名 see styles |
binmei / binme びんめい |
flight number |
偏航 see styles |
piān háng pian1 hang2 p`ien hang pien hang |
to diverge (from one's bearing, flight path etc); to go off course; to yaw |
停航 see styles |
tíng háng ting2 hang2 t`ing hang ting hang |
to stop running (of flight of shipping service); to suspend service (flight, sailing); to interrupt schedule |
出奔 see styles |
chū bēn chu1 ben1 ch`u pen chu pen shuppon しゅっぽん |
to flee; to escape into exile (n,vs,vi) flight; running away; absconding; elopement |
前泊 see styles |
zenpaku ぜんぱく |
(n,vs,vi) (See 後泊・こうはく) spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight); spending the night before; (surname) Maehaku |
升艙 see styles |
shēng cāng sheng1 cang1 sheng ts`ang sheng tsang |
to get a flight upgrade |
執飛 执飞 see styles |
zhí fēi zhi2 fei1 chih fei |
(of an airline) to run a flight |
大尉 see styles |
dà wèi da4 wei4 ta wei taii(p); daii / tai(p); dai たいい(P); だいい |
captain (army rank); senior captain {mil} (だいい used by Imperial Japanese Navy) captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.) |
奔る see styles |
hashiru はしる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to run; (2) to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; (3) to hurry to; (4) to retreat (from battle); to take flight; (5) to run away from home; (6) to elope; (7) to tend heavily toward; (8) to flash; to streak; to shoot through (e.g. pain) |
宇航 see styles |
yǔ háng yu3 hang2 yü hang |
space flight |
帰航 see styles |
kikou / kiko きこう |
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) homeward voyage or flight |
往航 see styles |
oukou / oko おうこう |
outward voyage; outbound flight |
復航 see styles |
fukkou / fukko ふっこう |
(n,vs,vi) return flight; return voyage; homeward journey |
改簽 改签 see styles |
gǎi qiān gai3 qian1 kai ch`ien kai chien |
to change one's reservation; to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train |
敗走 败走 see styles |
bài zǒu bai4 zou3 pai tsou haisou / haiso はいそう |
to run away (in defeat) (n,vs,vi) flight; rout; debacle |
最終 最终 see styles |
zuì zhōng zui4 zhong1 tsui chung saishuu / saishu さいしゅう |
final; ultimate (adj-no,n) (1) last; final; closing; (2) last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day) |
架次 see styles |
jià cì jia4 ci4 chia tz`u chia tzu |
sortie; flight |
機内 see styles |
kinai きない |
(adj-no,n) inside a plane; in-flight |
機組 机组 see styles |
jī zǔ ji1 zu3 chi tsu |
flight crew (on a plane); unit (apparatus) |
欠便 see styles |
ketsubin けつびん |
flight cancellation |
欠航 see styles |
kekkou / kekko けっこう |
(n,vs,vi) cancellation (of a flight or sea voyage) |
比翼 see styles |
bǐ yì bi3 yi4 pi i hiyoku ひよく |
(flying) wing to wing (1) wings abreast (e.g. birds in flight); (2) single garment made to look double; (surname) Hiyoku |
班機 班机 see styles |
bān jī ban1 ji1 pan chi |
airliner; (regular) flight (CL:趟[tang4],次[ci4],班[ban1]) |
班次 see styles |
bān cì ban1 ci4 pan tz`u pan tzu hanji はんじ |
grade; class number (in school); flight or run number; flight or run (seen as an item); shift (work period) ranking; precedence |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Flying Flight | 飛 飞 | hi / fei | fēi / fei1 / fei | |
Flying Flight Rising Upward | 飛揚 飞扬 | hi you / hiyou / hi yo | fēi yáng / fei1 yang2 / fei yang / feiyang | |
A Bright Future | 鵬程萬里 鹏程万里 | péng chéng wàn lǐ peng2 cheng2 wan4 li3 peng cheng wan li pengchengwanli | p`eng ch`eng wan li pengchengwanli peng cheng wan li |
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Shenzhou Spacecraft | 神舟 | shén zhōu shen2 zhou1 shen zhou shenzhou | shen chou shenchou |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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