邮轮

郵輪

yóulún

noun #23,827

Measure Word

一艘邮轮 sōu

Meanings

1 cruise ship
2 ocean liner

Characters

wheel / steamship

Examples

他们乘坐豪华邮轮环游世界。

Tāmen chéngzuò háohuá yóulún huányóu shìjiè.

They sailed around the world on a luxury cruise ship.

这艘邮轮可以搭载三千名乘客。

Zhè sōu yóulún kěyǐ dāzài sānqiān míng chéngkè.

This ocean liner can carry three thousand passengers.

Tips

memory

邮 originally means mail/post, from when ocean liners were key mail carriers across seas. 轮 means wheel / steamship. So 邮轮 is literally a mail steamship.

Stroke Order

邮 yóu

轮 lún