船 chuán▶ tàu; thuyền

Stroke order

船 is written in 11 strokes.

• 船

Senses

1. boat
2. vessel
3. ship

Example sentences

• 我们坐船去看海。Wǒmen zuò chuán qù kàn hǎi.We take a boat to see the sea.
• 这条船很大。Zhè tiáo chuán hěn dà.This boat is very big.

Related words

• 船舶tàu thuyền; tàu
• 轮船Tàu; vận chuyển

船 is pronounced chuán and means “tàu; thuyền”. HSK 3 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 船 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.