Definition
乘船 means 'to take a boat' or 'to travel by ship'. It's a separable verb (离合词): the verb 乘 can split from the noun 船 when inserting elements like measure words, durations, or modifiers. For example, you can say 乘了一次船 ('took a boat once'), 乘过船 ('have taken a boat'), or 乘什么船 ('what boat to take'). The object 船 can also be modified independently.
v.o.
to take a boat / shipto travel by boat
Examples
- 乘船。Wǒmen míngtiān chéng chuán qù Dàlián.We will take a boat to Dalian tomorrow.
- 。Tā zhè bèizi zhǐ chéng guò yí cì chuán.He has only taken a boat once in his life.
- 乘船，。chéng chuán lǚxíng suīrán màn, dàn kěyǐ kàndào hǎi shàng de fēngjǐng.Traveling by boat is slow, but you can see the scenery on the sea.
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