HSK 6 · Transport

轮船 lúnchuán “steamship” in Chinese

Traditional 輪船

What 轮船 means

  1. steamship
  2. ship
  3. steamer
  4. steamboat

Measure word 艘 sōu · 一艘轮船 yì sōu lúnchuán

How to say 轮船

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale轮lún2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale船chuán2nd tone, rising

轮船 in a sentence

  1. 我们坐轮船去了那个岛。

    Wǒmen zuò lúnchuán qù le nà ge dǎo.

    We took a ship to that island.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 大轮船慢慢离开了港口。

    Dà lúnchuán mànmàn líkāi le gǎngkǒu.

    The big ship slowly left the harbour.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 轮船 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 轮 (lún) with each of its parts in a different colour
轮lúnwheel; disk; ring
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 仑logical reasons · lúnSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 仑 (lún) hints at the sound. Compare it with lún.

The character 船 (chuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
船chuánboat
  • 舟boat · zhōuMeaning part
  • 几table · jī
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 轮船

轮 8 strokes · 船 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

轮船 (lúnchuán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 轮船 (lúnchuán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 轮船

Words with 轮

轮流lúnliú · to alternate轮胎lúntāi · tyre轮廓lúnkuò · outline

Words with 船

船chuán · a boat船舶chuánbó · ships

More words: Everyday Things

航行hángxíng · to sail桨jiǎng · oar舰艇jiàntǐng · naval vessel立交桥lìjiāoqiáo · overpass轮胎lúntāi · tyre码头mǎtou · dock逆行nìxíng · to go the wrong way (against traffic)桥梁qiáoliáng · bridge

FAQs

轮船 (lúnchuán) means “steamship” or “ship”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lúnchuán: lún with a 2nd tone, then chuán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 轮船 is written 輪船. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 艘 (sōu). For example, one steamship is 一艘轮船 (yì sōu lúnchuán).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lunchuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 轮船 from the suggestions. Typing lunchuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
轮船 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.