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船 chuán

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船 chuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chuán | chuan2
English translation
variant of 船 chuán [chuán]
ship, boat, vessel

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About 船 chuán

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HSK level

3

Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

船 chuán

Contains the radical

舟 zhōu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

ship

Etymology of 船 chuán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰舟 zhōu ⿱几口

Semantic compound

舟 zhōu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 zhōu represents the meaning and 公 gōng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 船 chuán

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渔民 yúmín 们 men 把 bǎ 鱼 Yú 拖 tuō 进 jìn 船舱 chuán cāng .

The fishermen hauled the fish into the port.

这 zhè 船 chuán 计 Jì 二十 èr shí 英尺 yīng chǐ .

The boat measures twenty feet long.

狂风 kuáng fēng 仿 fǎng 佛 Fó 要 yāo 把 bǎ 船 chuán 撕成碎片 suì piàn 似的 shìde .

The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.

船 chuán 翻 fān 时 shí 有 yǒu 多少 duōshǎo 人 rén 淹死 yān sǐ 了 le ?

How many men drowned when the boat capsized?

他们 tā men 以 yǐ 厚板铺 pù 这 zhè 支 Zhī 船 chuán 的 de 甲板 jiǎ bǎn .

They planked the ship's deck.

Words with 船 chuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
船 chuán boat船 chuán
船长 chuán zhǎng skipper船長
飞船 fēi chuán airship飛船
船员 chuán yuán sailor船員
船票 chuán piào ship ticket船票 chuán piào
船舶 chuánbó shipping船舶 chuánbó
船只 chuán zhī ship船隻
渔船 yú chuán fishing boat漁船
帆船 fān chuán sailboat帆船 fān chuán
小船 xiǎo chuán boat小船 xiǎo chuán
轮船 lúnchuán steamship輪船
船队 chuán duì fleet (of ships)船隊
太空船 tài kōng chuán spaceship太空船 tài kōng chuán
造船 zào chuán shipbuilding造船 zào chuán
划船 huá chuán to row a boat划船 huá chuán
沉船 chén chuán shipwreck沉船 chén chuán
上船 shàng chuán to get on the boat上船 shàng chuán
货船 huò chuán cargo ship貨船
船头 chuán tóu the bow or prow of a ship船頭
船舱 chuán cāng hold of ship船艙
船体 chuán tǐ hull船體
宇宙飞船 yǔ zhòu fēi chuán spacecraft宇宙飛船
渡船 dù chuán ferry渡船 dù chuán
舰船 jiàn chuán warship艦船

船 chuán Decomposition & Compounds

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船 chuán Decomposition

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