船

chuán

noun HSK 2 #739

Measure Word

一条船 tiáo

Meanings

1 boat; ship

Characters

Boat radical 舟 + 㕣 (mouth of a valley) — a boat navigating waterways

Examples

我们坐船去那个岛。

Wǒmen zuò chuán qù nàge dǎo.

We take a boat to that island.

河上有很多船。

Hé shàng yǒu hěn duō chuán.

There are many boats on the river.

Tips

usage

Types of boats: 轮船 (steamship), 帆船 (sailboat), 渔船 (fishing boat), 游船 (pleasure boat). The verb for riding a boat is 坐船 (sit on a boat) or 乘船.

Stroke Order

船 chuán