滚装船 (gǔnzhuāngchuán): roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ship

Measure Word

一艘滚装船 sōu

Meanings

1 roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ship
2 vessel designed so vehicles drive directly on and off via ramps

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

港口新增了一条滚装船航线。

Gǎngkǒu xīnzēng le yì tiáo gǔnzhuāngchuán hángxiàn.

The port has added a new RORO shipping route.

HSK 7-9

这艘滚装船可以装载五百辆汽车。

Zhè sōu gǔnzhuāngchuán kěyǐ zhuāngzài wǔbǎi liàng qìchē.

This RORO ship can carry five hundred cars.

Tips

memory

滚 ('roll') + 装 ('load') + 船 ('ship') = a 'roll-load ship', i.e. cars roll on and roll off - exactly the English RORO acronym translated literally.

Stroke Order

滚 gǔn

装 zhuāng

船 chuán

Related Words

装船 zhuāngchuán #26,067

to load onto a ship / to ship (cargo) / to embark (goods)

滚 gǔn HSK 5 #781

to boil (of water) / to roll; to tumble / Get lost! (colloquial)

商船 shāngchuán #27,223

merchant ship / merchant vessel / cargo ship

滚铁环 gǔntiěhuán

hoop rolling (traditional children's game) / to roll an iron hoop

船上 chuánshàng #2,386

on the ship / on board (a boat)

摇滚 yáogǔn HSK 7-9 #2,213

rock and roll; rock music

船长 chuánzhǎng HSK 6 #1,868

rock music / rock and roll

滚开 gǔnkāi #2,367

get lost! / scram! / go away!