筏子

fázi

noun #24,039

Measure Word

一张筏子 zhāng

Meanings

1 raft

Characters

suffix (nominalizer)

Examples

他们用木头做了一个筏子渡河。

Tāmen yòng mùtou zuò le yī gè fázi dù hé.

They made a wooden raft to cross the river.

在激流中乘筏子非常刺激。

Zài jíliú zhōng chéng fázi fēicháng cìjī.

Riding a raft in rapids is very thrilling.

Tips

memory

筏 has the bamboo radical 竹 (竹字头) on top, reflecting that traditional rafts in China were often made of bamboo. The 子 suffix makes it a concrete noun.

Stroke Order

筏 fá

子 zǐ