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船

chuán · chuan

Traditional 舩

HSK 2Measure words: 条 tiáo, 艘 sōu, 只 zhī

Meaning

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chuán 船

  1. boat
  2. vessel
  3. ship

chuán 舩

  1. variant of 船 (chuán)
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The boat floated away

  1. Liangliang

    看(kàn)，湖上(húshàng)有(yǒu)一条(yītiáo)小船(xiǎochuán)！

    Look, a little boat on the lake!

  2. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)租(zū)那条(nàtiáo)船(chuán)吧(ba)。

    Let us rent that boat.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)会(huì)划船(huáchuán)吗(ma)？

    Do you know how to row?

  4. Dengdeng

    当然会(dāngránhuì)。你(nǐ)先(xiān)上船(shàngchuán)吧(ba)。

    Of course. You get on the boat first.

  5. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)船(chuán)已经(yǐjīng)漂走(piāozǒu)了(le)！

    But the boat has already drifted away!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

汽(qì)笛(dí)声(shēng)响(xiǎng)起(qǐ)，船(chuán)开(kāi)始(shǐ)慢(màn)慢(màn)地(de)驶(shǐ)离(lí)港(gǎng)口(kǒu)。

A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by fishda · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)艘(sōu)船(chuán)失(shī)去(qù)平(píng)衡(héng)，翻(fān)了(le)过(guò)来(lái)。

The ship keeled over and capsized.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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