| Now that international travel has fully resumed and we can all fly wherever we want, let’s brush up on the essentials — Chinese vocabulary useful for air travel. Let’s start with the basics – airports, flights and planes:  机场 jīchǎng - Airport There can be more than one airport in a city. To confirm which airport someone is flying from, you can ask: 你去哪个机场？Nǐ qù nǎ gè jīchǎng? - Which airport are you going to? 航班 hángbān - Flight To ask someone about their flight, you can say: 你坐几点的航班？Nǐ zuò jǐ diǎn de hángbān? - What time is your flight? 飞机 fēijī - Plane In contrast to a “flight” which is a process of flying in the air, a “plane” is a physical vehicle. In Chinese, 飞机 (fēijī) and 航班 (hángbān) can very often be used interchangeably. But in phrases such as “to go by plane”, use 飞机 (fēijī): 你是坐飞机还是火车？Nǐ shì zuò fēijī háishi huǒchē? - Are you going by plane or by train? 行李 xínglǐ - Luggage Depending on the type of luggage, you can check it or carry it with you on board: 托运行李 tuōyùn xínglǐ - check-in luggage 携带行李 xiédài xínglǐ - carry-on luggage 靠窗 kàochuāng - near the window, window seat If you prefer to look out the window when flying, you can say: 我想要靠窗的位子。Wǒ xiǎngyào kàochuāng de wèizi. - I’d like a window seat. 过道 guòdào – aisle, aisle seat To get an aisle seat, ask for an “aisle-near-seat”: 我想要过道旁边的位子。Wǒ xiǎngyào guòdào pángbiān de wèizi. - I’d like an isle seat. |
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