airport
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机场 is written with 12 strokes (机: 6, 场: 6). The animation replays automatically.
机场 (jīchǎng) is the standard Chinese word for 'airport,' literally 'machine-field' — 机 here is short for 飞机 (fēijī, airplane).
Big-city airports usually take a name + 国际机场 ('international airport'), e.g. 北京首都国际机场 (Beijing Capital International Airport). For domestic-only airfields, just 机场 is used.
When you need to specify which terminal, use 航站楼 (hángzhànlóu): 二号航站楼 ('Terminal 2'). Common practical phrases: 去机场 ('go to the airport'), 到机场 ('arrive at the airport'), 接机 ('pick someone up at the airport'), 送机 ('see someone off at the airport'). The measure word is usually 个 in conversation; 座 sounds more formal. Note that 机场 specifically means airport, not a general airfield (航空港 hángkōnggǎng) or military base (空军基地).
Character by character
Memory hook: 机 (machine = plane) + 场 (open field) = the open field where planes live = airport.
机场 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.
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Wǒ xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn dào jīchǎng.
I'll arrive at the airport at 2pm.
neutral
从家到机场坐出租车要一个小时。
Cóng jiā dào jīchǎng zuò chūzūchē yào yí ge xiǎoshí.
It takes an hour by taxi from home to the airport.
spoken
请问，机场在哪儿？
Qǐng wèn, jīchǎng zài nǎr?
Excuse me, where is the airport?
polite
我去机场接朋友。
Wǒ qù jīchǎng jiē péngyou.
I'm going to the airport to pick up a friend.
neutral
北京有两个国际机场。
Běijīng yǒu liǎng ge guójì jīchǎng.
Beijing has two international airports.
neutral
航空港 ('aviation port') is a formal/written synonym, often used in news and policy contexts. 机场 is the everyday word.
空港 (literally 'air port') is occasionally used in branding and news ('Beijing 空港' for the airport area). In speech, almost everyone says 机场.
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