lún chuán
(steam) ship
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我坐轮船去上海。
wǒ zuò lúnchuán qù shànghǎi.
I take a ship to Shanghai.
轮船在海上航行。
lúnchuán zài hǎishàng hángxíng.
The ship sails on the sea.
轮船靠岸了。
lúnchuán kào'àn le.
The ship has docked.
客轮 (kè lún)
passenger ship
货轮 (huò lún)
cargo ship
帆船 (fān chuán)
sailboat
小船 (xiǎo chuán)
small boat
The Chinese word 轮船 (lúnchuán) for "steamship" is a compound of two characters: 轮 (lún) and 船 (chuán). The character 轮 (lún) originally meant "wheel" and was later extended to mean "machine" or "engine". The character 船 (chuán) originally meant "boat" and was later extended to mean "ship". The combination of these two characters creates the word 轮船 (lúnchuán), which specifically refers to a ship powered by an engine or machine, in this case, a steamship.
