下船

xiàchuán

verb #13,499

Meanings

1 to disembark (from a ship)
2 to get off a boat

Characters

to descend; to get off

Examples

HSK 5

乘客们开始下船了。

Chéngkè men kāishǐ xiàchuán le.

The passengers started to disembark.

HSK 5

到了码头，我们就可以下船了。

Dào le mǎtou, wǒmen jiù kěyǐ xiàchuán le.

Once we reach the dock, we can get off the boat.

Tips

grammar

下 + vehicle is the standard pattern for getting off transport: 下车 (get out of a car), 下船 (get off a boat), 下飞机 (get off a plane). The opposite is 上 + vehicle.

Stroke Order

下 xià

船 chuán