水翼船

shuǐyìchuán

noun #52,570

Measure Word

一艘水翼船 sōu

Meanings

1 hydrofoil (boat)

Characters

Examples

从香港到澳门可以坐水翼船。

Cóng Xiānggǎng dào Àomén kěyǐ zuò shuǐyìchuán.

You can take a hydrofoil from Hong Kong to Macau.

水翼船速度比普通船快得多。

Shuǐyìchuán sùdù bǐ pǔtōng chuán kuài de duō.

Hydrofoils are much faster than ordinary boats.

Tips

memory

水 (water) + 翼 (wing) + 船 (boat) = a boat with underwater 'wings.' At speed the wing-like foils lift the hull clear of the water, drastically cutting drag. The Chinese name describes the mechanism more clearly than the English.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ

翼 yì

船 chuán