HSK 6 · Transport

船舶 chuánbó “ships” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 船舶 means

  1. ships
  2. vessels
  3. shipping
  4. boats

How to say 船舶

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale船chuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale舶bó2nd tone, rising

船舶 in a sentence

  1. 这个港口每天有很多船舶进出。

    Zhè ge gǎngkǒu měitiān yǒu hěn duō chuánbó jìnchū.

    Many ships come in and out of this port every day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他在一家船舶公司工作。

    Tā zài yì jiā chuánbó gōngsī gōngzuò.

    He works for a shipping company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 船舶 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 船 (chuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
船chuánboat
  • 舟boat · zhōuMeaning part
  • 几table · jī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 舶 (bó) with each of its parts in a different colour
舶bóship
  • 舟boat · zhōuMeaning part
  • 白white · báiSound part

舟 hints at the meaning (boat); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with bó.

How to write 船舶

船 11 strokes · 舶 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 船舶

Words with 船

船chuán · a boat轮船lúnchuán · steamship

More words: Everyday Things

行人xíngrén · pedestrian长途chángtú · long distance舱cāng · cabin (of a ship or plane)乘chéng · to ride穿越chuānyuè · to pass through导航dǎoháng · navigation登陆dēnglù · to land颠簸diānbǒ · to jolt

FAQs

船舶 (chuánbó) means “ships” or “vessels”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuánbó: chuán with a 2nd tone, then bó with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 船舶 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuanbo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 船舶 from the suggestions. Typing chuanbo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
船舶 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.