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装船 (zhuāng chuán) — to load (cargo) onto a ship; to ship by sea

Definition

装船 is a logistics/shipping term meaning to load cargo onto a vessel for transport by sea. It focuses specifically on the loading step before voyage, not the broader act of shipping.

verb
to load (cargo) onto a shipto ship by sea

Examples

  • 装船。
    Zhè pī huò wù míng tiān zhuāng chuán.
    This batch of goods will be loaded onto the ship tomorrow.
  • 。
    Wǒ men zuó tiān zhuāng le yì chuán huò.
    We loaded a shipload of cargo yesterday.
  • 装船。
    Qǐng jǐn kuài ān pái zhuāng chuán.
    Please arrange the loading onto the ship as soon as possible.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

装zhuāngload
船chuánship

The loading action and ship idea combine to mean putting cargo onto a ship.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

Open 装 →

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.

Open 船 →
Appears in
Boats & Water Travel

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