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船 / 船

Traditional
船
Simplified
船

boat/vessel/ship/CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 2

Pinyin

chuán

Bopomofo

ㄔㄨㄢˊ

Jyutping

syun4

Example sentences

船 chuán
那隻大船正在海上航行。
那只大船正在海上航行。

That big ship is sailing on the sea.

渡 dù
這艘小船載著乘客渡過江去。
这艘小船载著乘客渡过江去。

This small boat carried passengers across the river.

划船 huáchuán
我們週末去湖上划船。
我们周末去湖上划船。

We go rowing on the lake on weekends.

船槳 / 船桨 chuánjiǎng
他用船槳划船。
他用船桨划船。

He uses a paddle to row the boat.

漁船 / 渔船 yúchuán
港口停泊著許多漁船。
港口停泊著许多渔船。

Many fishing boats are anchored in the harbor.

港 gǎng
漁船在大風暴前趕回了港。
渔船在大风暴前赶回了港。

The fishing boats rushed back to port before the big storm.

船員 / 船员 chuányuán
這艘船上有五名船員。
这艘船上有五名船员。

There are five crew members on this ship.

陸 / 陆 lù
經過長途航行，船員們終於登陸了。
经过长途航行，船员们终于登陆了。

After a long voyage, the crew finally landed.

Example Vocabulary

船

chuan2

boat; ship

船票

chuan2'piao4

划船

hua2'chuan2

to row a boat; rowing; small boat

帆船

fan2'chuan2

沉船

漁船

yu2'chuan2

fishing boat

船員

chuan2'yuan2

crew member; sailor

上船

乘船

包船

bao1'chuan2

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