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船
chuán
1.
boat
2.
vessel
3.
ship
4.
CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]], [[艘<sōu>]], [[隻|只<zhī>]]
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
Example Sentences (2)
我先去看了黄河，黄河是中国有名的大河，我坐在船上，一边看一边照相。
Wǒ xiān qù kàn le huáng hé, huáng hé shì zhōngguó yǒumíng de dàhé, wǒ zuò zài chuán shàng, yìbiān kàn yìbiān zhàoxiàng.
I went to see the Yellow River first. The Yellow River is a famous big river in China. I sat on a boat, looking and taking photos at the same time.
Text 4
几千公里以外的国家，以前坐船需要几个月，现在乘坐飞机不过十几个小时。
Jǐ qiān gōnglǐ yǐwài de guójiā, yǐqián zuò chuán xūyào jǐ gè yuè, xiànzài chéngzuò fēijī bùguò shí jǐ gè xiǎoshí.
Countries thousands of kilometers away used to take a few months to reach by ship; now it takes only a dozen or so hours by plane.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 613
- Word Frequency Rank
- 380 of 84,292