航班
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
航班 (hángbān) · flight
航班 (hángbān) means “flight”. It is written with 2 characters: 航 (vessel) + 班 (class). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 航班 is built
The characters
航 háng · vessel
What 航 is made of
- 舟zhōu — boat
- 亢kàng — high
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 舟 gives the meaning, 亢 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
班 bān · class
What 班 is made of
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: Cutting 刂 a piece of jade 王 in two, symbolizing two classes (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我的航班晚点了。Wǒ de hángbān wǎndiǎn le.My flight is delayed.
下一个去北京的航班是几点？Xià yī ge qù Běijīng de hángbān shì jǐ diǎn?What time is the next flight to Beijing?
Questions about 航班
What does 航班 mean?
航班 (hángbān) means “flight”.
How do you pronounce 航班?
航班 is pronounced hángbān.
Which HSK level is 航班?
航班 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 航空hángkōngaviation
- 导航dǎohángnavigation
- 航天hángtiānspaceflight
- 航行hángxíngto sail
- 上班shàngbānto go to work
- 下班xiàbānto finish work
- 班长bānzhǎngclass monitor
- 班级bānjíclass (of students)
- 加班jiābānto work overtime
- 培训班péixùnbāntraining class
Learn 航班 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 11: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.