Definition
帆船 (fān chuán) is a sailboat — a boat powered by a sail. The character 帆 alone means 'sail' (the cloth part), so 帆船 literally combines 'sail' and 'boat'. To refer to the sail itself, use 帆, not 帆船.
noun
sailboat
Examples
- 帆船。Wǒ chángcháng qù hǎi shàng zuò fān chuán.I often go out to sea on a sailboat.
- 帆船。Zhè sōu fān chuán shì tā zìjǐ zuò de.This sailboat was made by himself.
- 帆船。Hǎi biān yǒu hěn duō fān chuán.There are many sailboats by the seaside.
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