渔船 (yú chuán) — fishing boat | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

The boat itself (一条渔船), not the people on it — those are 渔民 ('fishermen').

noun

fishing boat

Measure word · 条

渔船渔船。
Hǎi biān tíng zhe yì yú chuán yú chuán.
A fishing boat is moored at the seaside.
渔船。
Tā měi tiān zuò yú chuán qù dǎ yú.
He takes a fishing boat to catch fish every day.
渔船。
Zhè tiáo yú chuán shì mù tou zuò de.
This fishing boat is made of wood.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

渔yúfishing

渔 means fishing, and 船 means boat; together they denote a boat used for fishing.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 漁; 渔 is its simplified writing.

氵魚漁

The traditional form 漁 pairs 氵 (water) with 魚 (fish), and 魚 gives the sound. The simplified 渔 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

㕣

㕣㕣船

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

船 pairs 舟 (boat) with 㕣 for its sound.

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