船
chuán
boat, ship
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 我们坐船去。Let's go by boat.
- 一艘大船。A big ship.
Collocations
一艘船坐船上船
Mnemonic
船 chuán "boat, ship" — measure word: 艘 sōu (large vessel) or 条 tiáo (smaller). Same character as Japanese 船 fune. Compounds: 渔船 fishing boat, 货船 cargo, 客船 passenger.
Quick check
Measure for a large ship?