平 面 píng miàn plane (flat surface) / print media 航 班 háng bān scheduled flight / flight number / plane / scheduled sailing / sailing number / passenger ship 刨 子 bào zi plane 位 面 wèi miàn plane (of existence) 机 身 jī shēn body of a vehicle or machine / fuselage of a plane 层 面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane 乘 机 chéng jī to take the opportunity / to take a plane 包 机 bāo jī chartered plane / to charter a plane 客 机 kè jī passenger plane 搭 乘 dā chéng to ride as a passenger / to travel by (car, plane etc) 停 机 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 新 阶 段 xīn jiē duàn new level / higher plane 失 事 shī shì (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up 登 机 dēng jī to board a plane 坐 飞 机 zuò fēi jī to catch a plane 平 面 图 píng miàn tú a plan / a planar graph / a plane figure 座 机 zuò jī fixed phone / private plane 机 舱 jī cāng cabin of a plane 侦 察 机 zhēn chá jī surveillance aircraft / spy plane 靠 窗 kào chuāng by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc) 下 飞 机 xià fēi jī to get off a plane / to deplane 敌 机 dí jī enemy plane 上 飞 机 shàng fēi jī to get on a plane / to board 机 头 jī tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc 迫 降 pò jiàng to force a plane to land 斜 面 xié miàn inclined plane 航 向 háng xiàng course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in) 停 靠 站 tíng kào zhàn bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover 反 光 镜 fǎn guāng jìng reflector (typically concave, as in a torch) / mirror (typically plane or convex) 倾 角 qīng jiǎo dip / angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal) / tilt (inclination of ship from vertical) 切 面 qiē miàn section / cross-cut / tangent plane (math.) 歼 击 机 jiān jī jī fighter plane 航 模 háng mó model plane or ship 水 平 面 shuǐ píng miàn horizontal plane / level surface / water level 货 机 huò jī cargo plane 歼 击 jiān jī to annihilate / to attack and destroy / Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on Soviet MiG / usually 殲擊8型|歼击8型 喷 气 机 pēn qì jī jet plane 歼 jiān to annihilate / abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机[jian1 ji1 ji1], fighter plane 平 面 几 何 píng miàn jǐ hé plane geometry 乘 务 chéng wù service (on a train, a plane etc) 鑤 bào a plane / to plane 导 航 员 dǎo háng yuán navigator (on a plane or boat) 复 数 平 面 fù shù píng miàn (math.) complex plane / Argand plane 平 面 曲 线 píng miàn qū xiàn (math.) plane curve 九 面 体 jiǔ miàn tǐ enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces) 依 柳 辛 Yī liǔ xīn Ilyushin, Russian plane make 切 平 面 qiē píng miàn tangent plane (to a surface) 图 波 列 夫 Tú bō liè fū Tupolev, Russian plane maker 地 心 纬 度 dì xīn wěi dù geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth) 基 本 多 文 种 平 面 jī běn duō wén zhǒng píng miàn basic multilingual plane (BMP) 基 面 jī miàn ground plane (in perspective drawing) 平 面 图 形 píng miàn tú xíng a plane figure 平 面 波 píng miàn bō a plane wave 平 面 角 píng miàn jiǎo plane angle 投 影 面 tóu yǐng miàn plane of projection (in perspective drawing) 接 机 jiē jī jointing machine / riveter / welder / sealer / to meet a plane (i.e. to meet sb at airport) / to service a plane (of airport workers) 旋 光 xuán guāng rotation of plane of polarization of light 机 尾 jī wěi the rear (tail) of a plane etc 民 航 班 机 mín háng bān jī civilian plane / commercial flight 法 国 梧 桐 fǎ guó wú tóng plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia) 相 平 面 xiàng píng miàn phase plane (math., ordinary differential equations) 第 一 象 限 dì yī xiàng xiàn first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive) 复 平 面 fù píng miàn complex plane 解 理 面 jiě lǐ miàn cleavage plane (e.g. of slate) 误 机 wù jī to miss a plane 靠 窗 户 kào chuāng hu by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc) 靠 走 道 kào zǒu dào on the aisle (referring to seats on a plane etc) 飞 机 失 事 fēi jī shī shì plane crash 黄 白 交 点 huáng bái jiāo diǎn ecliptic line / intersection of the ecliptic with the moon's orbit plane 伊 留 申 Yī liú shēn Ilyushin, Russian plane maker 撞 机 zhuàng jī (of an airplane) to collide (with another plane midair) / to crash U-2侦 察 机 U-2zhēn chá jī U-2 surveillance plane / U-2 间 谍 飞 机 spy plane 焦 平 面 仪 器 jiāo píng miàn yí qì focal plane instrument 断 层 面 duàn céng miàn fault plane H-II 轨 道 飞 机 H-II guǐ dào fēi jī H-II Orbiting Plane 平 面 冲 击 波 planar shock wave / plane shock wave 战 术 运 货 机 tactical cargo plane 双 座 飞 机 shuāng zuò fēi jī two-seater plane 印 度 洋 基 准 面 yìn duó yáng jī zhǔn miàn Indian spring low-water / Indian tide plane 大 气 研 究 和 遥 感 研 究 专 机 Atmospheric Research and Remote-Sensing Plane 全 球 性 攻 击 航 天 飞 机 quán qiú xìng gōng jī háng tiān fēi jī global strike space plane 面 坐 标 miàn zuò biāo plane coordinates / rectangular coordinates 电 传 飞 控 飞 机 fly-by-wire plane 赤 道 面 equatorial plane 平 面 波 透 镜 plane wave lens / plane lens 喷 射 机 pēn shè jī jet plane / spraying machine 霸 机 bà jī (of passengers) to stage a sit-in after the plane has landed (as a protest against bad service etc) (Tw) 地 理 纬 度 dì lǐ wěi dù geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid) 乘 搭 chéng dā to ride as a passenger (in a car, boat, plane etc) 驶 向 shǐ xiàng (of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of