Definition

Noun: * Airplane, aircraft: A powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that of the air it displaces, used for transportation. It is a formal or literary term for "máy bay."

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Phi cơ đang hạ cánh xuống sân bay. (The airplane is landing at the airport.)
  • Hãng hàng không vừa bổ sung nhiều phi cơ mới vào đội bay. (The airline has just added many new aircraft to its fleet.)
  • Trong truyện, anh ấy là một phi công lái phi cơ chiến đấu. (In the story, he is a pilot flying a fighter plane.)

Advanced Usage

• "Phi cơ cánh bằng": Fixed-wing aircraft.
  • Máy bay trực thăng không phải là phi cơ cánh bằng. (A helicopter is not a fixed-wing aircraft.)
• "Phi cơ không người lái": Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), drone.
  • Phi cơ không người lái được sử dụng trong quân sự và chụp ảnh. (Drones are used in military and photography.)

Variants and Related Words

• Máy bay (noun): The common, everyday term for airplane/aircraft. "Phi cơ" is more formal or literary.
  • Chúng tôi đi du lịch bằng máy bay. (We travel by plane.)
• Tàu bay (noun): An older or technical term for aircraft/airship.
• Phi hành (verb/noun): To fly an aircraft; aviation. (e.g., - astronaut/aviator).
• Phi trường (noun): Airport (an older term, now mostly ).

Synonyms

• Máy bay: Airplane, plane, aircraft (common synonym).
• Tàu bay: Aircraft, airship (less common).

Related Phrases / Compound Words

• Phi cơ trực thăng: Helicopter (note: while "phi cơ" typically implies fixed-wing, this compound is used).
• Phi cơ phản lực: Jet plane.
• Phi cơ vận tải: Transport aircraft.
• Phi cơ chiến đấu: Fighter plane.

noun

1. plane, airplane, aircraft