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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pilot”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驾驶员 (駕駛員) | jià shǐ yuán | pilot; driver |
| 机师 (機師) | jī shī | (aviation) pilot; (heavy machinery) operator |
| 驾驶 (駕駛) | jià shǐ | to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain |
| 驾 (駕) | jià | to harness; to draw (a cart etc) |
| 飞机师 (飛機師) | fēi jī shī | pilot; aviator |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 飞行员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飞机 (飛機) | fēi jī | airplane; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 飞行 (飛行) | fēi xíng | to 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 chuán | spaceship; 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 xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; 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.