Chinese Vocabulary

架

measure word for planes

架

jià4th tone

Pinyin: jià
Strokes: 9
In episodes: 1

Stroke order for 架

架 is written with 9 strokes. The animation replays automatically.

Usage

一架飞机 = one plane; 这架飞机 = this plane.

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架 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

那天上午，一架飞机在迪拜。

That morning, a plane was in Dubai.

A FlyDubai Co-Pilot Attacked His Captain With the Cockpit's Own Axe. Passengers Broke In and Saved the Plane.

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