How to say “steamship” in Chinese
steamship
“Steamship” in Chinese is 轮船, lún chuán: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
轮船 is read lún chuán: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 车 “cart”: a wheel. On the right, 仑 lún hints at the reading, as it also does in 论 lùn.
On the left, 舟 “boat”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “轮船”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 轮船. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 港口里停着三艘轮船。gǎngkǒulitíngzhesānsōulúnchuánThree ships are docked in the port.
- 这艘轮船明天早上抵达港口zhèsōulúnchuánmíngtiānzǎoshangdǐdágǎngkǒuThis ship will arrive in port tomorrow morning.
More words from the lesson “Port and pier”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “steamship” in Chinese?
“Steamship” in Chinese is 轮船, pinyin lúnchuán.
What does 轮船 mean?
轮船 (lúnchuán) means “steamship”.
How do you write 轮船?
轮船 is 2 characters: 轮 (lún) — wheel; take turns; 船 (chuán) — ship, boat. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 轮船?
轮船 is read lúnchuán. Tones: lún — second tone, chuán — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“steamship” in the lesson “Port and pier”
This word is from the topic “Travel and transport” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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