háng bān
flight
我预订了明天的航班。
wǒ yùdìngle míngtiān de hángbān.
I booked a flight for tomorrow.
航班延误了两个小时。
hángbān yánwùle liǎng gè xiǎoshí.
The flight was delayed for two hours.
飞机在十分钟后起飞。
fēijī zài shí fēn zhōng hòu qǐfēi.
The plane will take off in ten minutes.
班机 (bān jī)
flight
航班号 (háng bān hào)
flight number
陆运 (lùyùn)
land transport
海运 (hǎiyùn)
sea transport
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The Chinese word 航班 (hángbān) for "flight" is a compound of two characters: 航 (háng) and 班 (bān). The character 航 originally meant "to sail" or "to navigate", and is composed of the radical 舟 (zhōu) for "boat" and the phonetic component 航 (háng). The character 班 originally meant "to divide" or "to arrange", and is composed of the radical 殳 (shū) for "weapon" and the phonetic component 班 (bān). When combined, the two characters 航 and 班 form the word 航班, which literally means "sailing class" or "navigation class". This term is used to refer to a scheduled flight or a flight number, and is commonly seen in the context of air travel.
