轮船
Meaning
- steamship; steamer; steamboat
Measure word
艘 sōu
Example sentence
我们坐轮船过江。
We crossed the river by steamboat.
Characters in 轮船
轮 a wheel plus 船, a boat. 轮 gives 轮子 and 轮流; the paddle-wheel boat, and the name outlived the wheel.
艘 sōu
我们坐轮船过江。
We crossed the river by steamboat.
轮 a wheel plus 船, a boat. 轮 gives 轮子 and 轮流; the paddle-wheel boat, and the name outlived the wheel.