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船上 (chuán shàng) — on board (a ship); on the ship

Definition

noun
on board (a ship)on the ship

Examples

  • 船上。
    Suǒ yǒu chéng kè dōu bì xū zài chuán shàng jí hé.
    All passengers must assemble on board.
  • 船上，。
    chuán shàng De shēng huó suī rán dān diào, dàn yě bié yǒu yì fān lè qù.
    Life on board, though monotonous, has its own kind of fun.
  • 船上。
    Chuán zhǎng zhèng zài chuán shàng zhǐ huī chuán yuán men jìn xíng yǎn xí.
    The captain is on board directing the crew in a drill.

Origin

Characters in this word

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
舟舟zhōuboat
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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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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