滚装船

滾裝船
gǔnzhuāngchuán
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ship
  2. 2 vessel designed so vehicles drive directly on and off via ramps

Examples

Zhè sōu gǔnzhuāngchuán kěyǐ zhuāngzài wǔbǎi liàng qìchē.
This RORO ship can carry five hundred cars.
Gǎngkǒu xīn zēng le yī tiáo gǔnzhuāngchuán hángxiàn.
The port has added a new RORO shipping route.

Tips

memory
(gǔn, 'roll') + (zhuāng, 'load') + (chuán, 'ship') = a 'roll-load ship', i.e. cars roll on and roll off — exactly the English RORO acronym translated literally.

Stroke Order

gǔn
zhuāng
chuán