机票 jīpiào plane ticket
plane ticket; airline ticket
How to remember 机票: 机 machine + 票 ticket = plane ticket.
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How it is used
- A plane ticket - 订机票 (dìng jīpiào) book a flight; measure word 张 (zhāng).
- 机 is short for 飞机 (fēijī, airplane); a train ticket is 火车票, a general ticket 票.
- Common with 买/订 (buy/book) and 退 (tuì, refund).
Example sentences
- 去北京的机票太贵了。 Qù Běijīng de jīpiào tài guì le.Plane tickets to Beijing are too expensive.