龙舟 (lóng zhōu) — dragon boat | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dragon boat

Measure word · 条

Examples

龙舟。
Duān wǔ jié rén men huì huà lóng zhōu.
People row dragon boats during the Dragon Boat Festival.
龙舟。
Nà tiáo lóng zhōu shàng de zhuāng shì hěn piào liang.
The decoration on that dragon boat is very beautiful.
龙舟。
Wǒ men gōng sī měi nián dōu cān jiā lóng zhōu bǐ sài.
Our company participates in the dragon boat race every year.

Origin

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.

The 龙 decoration shapes the name, while 舟 gives the boat.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 龍; 龙 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 龍 originally drew a sacred creature with a large mouth and a snake-like body; the simplified 龙 is the form written here.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

舟 was originally a drawing of a boat.

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