船壳

船殼

chuánké

noun

Meanings

1 hull (of a ship)
2 ship's outer shell

Characters

Examples

这艘船的船壳是用钢板焊接而成的。

Zhè sōu chuán de chuánké shì yòng gāngbǎn hànjiē ér chéng de.

This ship's hull is welded together from steel plates.

撞击使船壳出现了一个大洞。

Zhuàngjī shǐ chuánké chūxiàn le yī gè dà dòng.

The collision left a large hole in the hull.

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usage

Note the pronunciation: 壳 has two readings — ké (colloquial, 'shell, husk') and qiào (literary, 'hard shell'). 船壳 uses ké.

Stroke Order

船 chuán

壳 ké