舟船

zhōuchuán

noun

Measure Word

一艘舟船 sōu

Meanings

1 boat
2 boats and ships (collective)

Characters

boat (literary)

Examples

古代南方的交通主要靠舟船。

Gǔdài nánfāng de jiāotōng zhǔyào kào zhōuchuán.

In ancient times, transportation in the south relied mainly on boats.

湖面上舟船往来不断。

Húmiàn shàng zhōuchuán wǎnglái bùduàn.

Boats come and go without pause on the lake.

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Literary/written. 舟 (zhōu, classical word for boat) and 船 (chuán, the everyday word) are stacked together as a collective. Modern spoken Chinese just says 船 or 小船. 舟船 fits poetry, travel essays, and historical writing.

Stroke Order

舟 zhōu

船 chuán