驳船

駁船

bóchuán

noun #30,753

Measure Word

一艘驳船 sōu

Meanings

1 barge
2 lighter (flat-bottomed cargo boat)

Characters

to transfer/shuttle (cargo); refute

Examples

驳船把货物从大船运到岸上。

Bóchuán bǎ huòwù cóng dà chuán yùn dào àn shàng.

The barge ferries cargo from the big ship to the shore.

长江上有许多运煤的驳船。

Chángjiāng shàng yǒu xǔduō yùn méi de bóchuán.

There are many coal-carrying barges on the Yangtze.

Tips

memory

驳 here keeps its older sense of 'transfer / shuttle' (as in 驳运 'transfer-shipping'). A 驳船 is a shuttle-boat: the small flat-bottomed vessel that moves cargo between ocean ships and the shore.

Stroke Order

驳 bó

船 chuán