水手 (shuǐ shǒu) — sailor; seaman

Definition

Examples

• 那个老水手在海上工作了三十年。
  Nà ge lǎo shuǐ shǒu zài hǎi shàng gōng zuò le sān shí nián.
  That old sailor has worked at sea for thirty years.
• 水手们每天的生活都很辛苦。
  shuǐ shǒu Men měi tiān de shēng huó dōu hěn xīn kǔ.
  Sailors' daily lives are very hard.
• 这条船上有一百多个水手。
  Zhè tiáo chuán shàng yǒu yì bǎi duō gè shuǐ shǒu.
  There are over a hundred sailors on this ship.

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