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轮船

轮船 lúnchuán

轮船 lúnchuán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 轮船 lúnchuán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lúnchuán | lun2 chuan2
English translation
steamship
steamer
ocean liner
ship
CL: sōu [sōu]

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Traditional form

輪船

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 轮船 lúnchuán

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lún

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Chē represents the meaning and lún represents the sound. Simplified form of lún .

Phonetic compound

lún

Semantic compound

Chē

Positional decomposition

车仑

Number of Strokes

8
chuán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Semantic compound

zhōu

Positional decomposition

zhōu 几口

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 轮船 lúnchuán

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轮船 lúnchuán shǎng de 汽笛 qì dí 呜呜 wū wū jiào .

The ship's whistle kept hooting.

zài zhè 事故 shìgù Zhōng ,轮船 lúnchuán bèi zhuàng Chéng le Duàn .

The ship was cut into several pieces in the accident.

轮船 lúnchuán 到达 dàodá shǎng Hǎi shí , 乘客 chéng kè dōu shǎng le àn .

When the ship arrived in Shanghai, the passengers disembarked.

轮船 lúnchuán zài Zhōng 相撞 xiāng zhuàng .

The ships collided in the fog.

轮船 lúnchuán zài 向东 xiàng dōng 行驶 xíng shǐ .

The ship is working eastwards.

轮船 lúnchuán Decomposition

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轮船 lúnchuán Compounds

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