放飛機

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	flying machine; airplane; plane flying machine; airplane; plane; aircraft
trad. (放飛機)		放	飛機
simp. (放飞机)		放	飞机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàng fēijī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ fei¹ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-poe-ki / pàng-pe-ki / pàng-per-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàng fēijī
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàng feiji
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴ fei¹-chi¹
    • Yale: fàng fēi-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanq feiji
    • Palladius: фан фэйцзи (fan fɛjczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ fei¹ gei¹
    • Yale: fong fēi gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ fei¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ féi¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ fei̯⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-poe-ki
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-pue-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngpoe'ky
    • IPA (Singapore): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴² pue⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /paŋ²¹⁻³³ pue³³⁻²¹ ki³³/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-pe-ki
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-pe-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngpe'ky
    • IPA (Singapore): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴² pe⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-per-ki
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-per-ki
    • IPA (Singapore): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴² pə⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/

Verb

放⫽飛機 (verb-object)

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Malaysia, Singapore) to stand someone up; to fail to show up

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 放鴿子 (“to stand someone up; to ditch someone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	放鴿子, 晃點
	Malaysia	放飛機
	Singapore	放飛機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	放飛機
	Hong Kong	放飛機
	Singapore (Guangfu)	放飛機
Southern Min	Tainan	放粉鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	放飛機
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放飛機

Descendants

• → English: fly aeroplane (calque) (Singlish)