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船
舩
chuán
1. variant of [[船<chuán>]]
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

船
chuán
ship, boat, vessel
HSK 3 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

上船
shàngchuán
to get on the boat
乘船
chéngchuán
to embark
兵船
bīngchuán
man-of-war
冰船
bīngchuán
ice breaker (ship)
划船
huáchuán
to row a boat
包船
bāochuán
to charter a ship
商船
shāngchuán
merchant ship
客船
kèchuán
passenger ship
小船
xiǎochuán
boat
帆船
fānchuán
sailboat
快船
Kuàichuán
Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
战船
zhànchuán
warship
拖船
tuōchuán
a tow
摇船
yáochuán
to scull
晕船
yùnchuán
to become seasick
木船
mùchuán
wooden boat
弃船
qìchuán
to abandon ship
楼船
lóuchuán
ship with several decks
母船
mǔchuán
mother ship
汽船
qìchuán
steamboat

Alternate Entries

船
chuán
boat / vessel / ship / CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]], [[艘<sōu>]], [[隻|只<zhī>]]
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
613
Word Frequency Rank
380 of 84,292

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