船 chuán — boat, ship

Meanings

1. 1

   boat, ship

   A boat or ship. Like every vehicle you sit in, it goes with 坐 — 坐船 — and its measure word is 条, the one used for long things.

   noun

Example sentences

• 我们坐船去北京。/我們坐船去北京。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) chuán (second tone, rising) qù (fourth tone, falling) Běijīng. (third tone, dipping)···

  We are going to Beijing by boat.

• 坐船比坐飞机慢。/坐船比坐飛機慢。Zuò (fourth tone, falling) chuán (second tone, rising) bǐ (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) fēijī (first tone, high and level) màn. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Going by boat is slower than flying.

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