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舶

bó
noun #73,175

Meanings

  1. 1 a large ship; a sea-going vessel

Examples

HSK 6
大型船舶陆续驶入港口。
Dàxíng chuánbó lùxù shǐ rù gǎngkǒu.
Big ships entered the harbor one after another.
HSK 7-9
进口的货物叫舶来品。
Jìnkǒu de huòwù jiào bóláipǐn.
Imported goods are called 'things brought by ship'.

Tips

usage
Common in 船舶 ('ships, shipping' - a formal collective term) and 舶来品 ('imported goods', literally 'things that came by ship'). Originally it meant specifically large ocean-going vessels.

Components

radical
舟 zhōu
boat
The boat radical 舟 is a picture of a small vessel; it marks the whole word as belonging to boats and ships, here a large sea-going one.
phonetic
白 bái
white
Supplies the sound: standalone 白 reads bái, near the bó of this character. It is purely phonetic, with no meaning carried to the ship.

Stroke Order

舶 bó