登机 dēngjī to board a plane
How to remember 登机: 登 rise + 机 machine = to board a plane.
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How it is used
- Verb-object specific to airports: to board a plane.
- Key related compounds: 登机口 (boarding gate), 登机牌 (boarding pass), 登机时间 (boarding time).
- 请到十号口登机 (qǐng dào shí hào kǒu dēngjī) - Please board at gate 10.
- Narrow, situational vocabulary - doesn't extend to boarding trains or buses, which use 上车 instead.