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Chinese symbol for “pilot”

飞行员
fēi xíng yuán
Traditional: 飛行員
pilot; aviator

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pilot is 飞行员 (fēi xíng yuán), defined as: pilot; aviator.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

飞 fēi
to fly, to dart; high
radical 183 ⾶ · 3 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pilot”

WordPinyinMeaning
驾驶员 (駕駛員)jià shǐ yuánpilot; driver
机师 (機師)jī shī(aviation) pilot; (heavy machinery) operator
驾驶 (駕駛)jià shǐto drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
驾 (駕)jiàto harness; to draw (a cart etc)
飞机师 (飛機師)fēi jī shīpilot; aviator

Related words

Other words that share a character with 飞行员.

WordPinyinMeaning
飞机 (飛機)fēi jīairplane; measure word: 架 (jià)
飞行 (飛行)fēi xíngto fly; flight
起飞 (起飛)qǐ fēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
飞弹 (飛彈)fēi dàn(Tw) missile; stray bullet
飞船 (飛船)fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
行为 (行為)xíng wéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “pilot”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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