木筏

mùfá

noun #23,844

Measure Word

一张木筏 zhāng

Meanings

1 wooden raft
2 log raft

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

他们用木筏渡过了这条河。

Tāmen yòng mùfá dùguò le zhè tiáo hé.

They crossed the river on a wooden raft.

HSK 6

古人用木筏运输货物。

Gǔrén yòng mùfá yùnshū huòwù.

Ancient people transported goods on log rafts.

Tips

memory

木 means wood/tree and 筏 means raft. Picture logs lashed together: a wood raft. The character 筏 has the bamboo radical (竹) at the top, reflecting that rafts were often made of bamboo in ancient China.

Stroke Order

木 mù

筏 fá