起飞
qǐ​fēi HSK2

to take off (aviation)

起飞 起飛 qǐ​fēi
to take off (aviation) verb
(of a plane, rocket, etc.) to leave the ground and begin to fly; to lift off

起飞比降落容易。

qǐ​fēi bǐ jiàng​luò róng​yì.

Taking off is easier than landing.

to take off (growth) verb
to begin to develop rapidly; to show a sudden surge in growth or progress

我在互联网真正起飞之前就在这里，但这座城市已经在改变了。

wǒ zài hù​lián​wǎng zhēn​zhèng qǐ​fēi zhī​qián jiù zài zhè​lǐ, dàn zhè zuò chéng​shì yǐ​jing zài gǎi​biàn le.

I was here before the Internet really took off, but the city was already changing.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
19.9 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
12.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)