Chinese words for the airport and flights
All 50 words, each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in.
Airports run on a small, fixed vocabulary — and on signs you have to read correctly the first time.
This is the exact chinese words for the airport and flights set the LearnScreen app reviews — every word with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in — so nothing here is a sample of something larger you have to pay to see.
Simplified characters, with pinyin and tone marks in the pronunciation column.
All 50 words
| # | Chinese | English | Pinyin | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 机场 | airport | jīchǎng | 机场非常大。 |
| 2 | 航班, 飞行 | flight | hángbān | 我的航班在十点。 |
| 3 | 出发 | departure | chūfā | 出发时间是中午。 |
| 4 | 到达 | arrival | dàodá | 到达时间是六点。 |
| 5 | 登机 | boarding | dēngjī | 十分钟后开始登机。 |
| 6 | 护照 | passport | hùzhào | 请出示您的护照。 |
| 7 | 签证 | visa | qiānzhèng | 我需要签证吗? |
| 8 | 行李 | luggage, baggage | xíngli | 我的行李很重。 |
| 9 | 行李箱 | suitcase | xínglixiāng | 我有一个大行李箱。 |
| 10 | 航站楼 | terminal | hángzhànlóu | 我的登机口在哪个航站楼? |
| 11 | 登机口 | gate | dēngjīkǒu | 请去五号登机口。 |
| 12 | 跑道 | runway | pǎodào | 飞机在跑道上。 |
| 13 | 起飞 | takeoff | qǐfēi | 起飞非常平稳。 |
| 14 | 着陆 | landing | zhuólù | 着陆非常完美。 |
| 15 | 飞行员, 机长 | pilot | fēixíngyuán | 飞行员对乘客讲话。 |
| 16 | 机组人员 | crew | jīzǔ rényuán | 机组人员非常友好。 |
| 17 | 空姐, 空乘 | stewardess, flight attendant | kōngjiě | 空姐送来了水。 |
| 18 | 海关 | customs | hǎiguān | 我们必须过海关。 |
| 19 | 安检, 安全检查 | security | ānjiǎn | 安检需要十分钟。 |
| 20 | 值机 | check-in | zhíjī | 值机柜台在哪里? |
| 21 | 登机牌 | boarding pass | dēngjīpái | 这是我的登机牌。 |
| 22 | 随身行李 | carry-on | suíshēn xíngli | 这是我的随身行李。 |
| 23 | 头顶行李箱 | overhead bin | tóudǐng xínglixiāng | 请把包放在头顶行李箱里。 |
| 24 | 过道 | aisle | guòdào | 我喜欢过道座位。 |
| 25 | 靠窗座位 | window seat | kàochuāng zuòwèi | 我可以坐靠窗座位吗? |
| 26 | 气流颠簸 | turbulence | qìliú diānbǒ | 现在有些气流颠簸。 |
| 27 | 延误 | delay | yánwù | 航班延误两个小时。 |
| 28 | 取消 | cancellation | qǔxiāo | 今天有一个航班取消了。 |
| 29 | 转机 | connecting flight | zhuǎnjī | 我有一趟转机去巴黎。 |
| 30 | 中途停留 | layover, stopover | zhōngtú tíngliú | 我们在这里短暂中途停留。 |
| 31 | 直飞 | direct flight | zhífēi | 我订了一趟直飞航班。 |
| 32 | 往返 | round trip | wǎngfǎn | 我需要一张往返票。 |
| 33 | 单程 | one-way | dānchéng | 我买了一张单程票。 |
| 34 | 票 | ticket | piào | 这张票多少钱? |
| 35 | 预订 | reservation | yùdìng | 我有今天的预订。 |
| 36 | 行李提取 | baggage claim | xíngli tíqǔ | 行李提取在一楼。 |
| 37 | 免税 | duty-free | miǎnshuì | 我们去免税店看看吧。 |
| 38 | 时差反应 | jet lag | shíchā fǎnyìng | 我总是有严重的时差反应。 |
| 39 | 高度 | altitude | gāodù | 飞机在高空飞行。 |
| 40 | 系紧 | fasten | jìjǐn | 请系紧安全带。 |
| 41 | 安全带 | seatbelt | ānquándài | 安全带指示灯亮了。 |
| 42 | 客舱 | cabin | kècāng | 客舱非常舒适。 |
| 43 | 驾驶舱 | cockpit | jiàshǐcāng | 驾驶舱的门总是关着的。 |
| 44 | 头等舱 | first class | tóuděngcāng | 头等舱有更大的座位。 |
| 45 | 经济舱 | economy class | jīngjìcāng | 我总是坐经济舱。 |
| 46 | 休息室 | lounge | xiūxīshì | 我们可以在休息室等。 |
| 47 | 入境 | immigration | rùjìng | 入境检查在左边。 |
| 48 | 申报 | declaration | shēnbào | 您有什么需要申报的吗? |
| 49 | 手提行李 | hand luggage | shǒutí xíngli | 我只有手提行李。 |
| 50 | 航空公司 | airline | hángkōng gōngsī | 你喜欢哪家航空公司? |
How to actually learn them
A list worth finishing in the week before a trip, which is short enough that spacing the reviews actually matters.
Reading a list is not learning it. A word needs roughly eight to twelve spaced recall attempts before it stays, which is why the useful question is not how many words to read but how many times you need to meet a word and how to space the reviews.
Let the list come to you
LearnScreen blocks the apps you keep opening and shows one of these Chinese words instead. Answer it and the app opens. The 50 words above are already in it.
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