船员 (chuányuán): crew member; sailor; seaman

Measure Word

一名船员 míng

Meanings

1 crew member; sailor; seaman

Characters

Ship personnel — a crew member.

Examples

这艘船上有二十名船员。

Zhè sōu chuánshang yǒu èrshí míng chuányuán.

There are twenty crew members on this ship.

船员们已经在海上航行了三个月。

Chuányuán men yǐjīng zài hǎishang hángxíng le sān gè yuè.

The crew has been sailing at sea for three months.

他年轻的时候当过船员。

Tā niánqīng de shíhou dāng guò chuányuán.

He worked as a sailor when he was young.

Tips

usage

The 员 suffix marks a person in a role: 船员 (crew member), 演员 (actor), 运动员 (athlete), 服务员 (waiter).

Stroke Order

船 chuán

员 yuán

Related Words

船长 chuánzhǎng HSK 6 #1,868

captain (of a ship)

球员 qiúyuán HSK 6 #3,662

ball game player; athlete (in ball sports)

飞行员 fēixíngyuán HSK 6 #3,485

pilot; aviator

飞船 fēichuán HSK 6 #2,973

spaceship; spacecraft / airship

船只 chuánzhī HSK 6 #10,956

ships; vessels; watercraft (collective)

宇航员 yǔhángyuán HSK 6 #7,360

astronaut; cosmonaut

学员 xuéyuán HSK 6 #8,954

student; trainee; cadet / participant (in a training program)

成员 chéngyuán HSK 3 #1,363

member (of a group, team, or organization)

船上 chuánshàng #2,386

on the ship / on board (a boat)

船 chuán HSK 2 #739

boat; ship