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乘船 meaning in English

chéngchuán

to embark; to travel by ship

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Meaning of 乘船

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chéngchuán
  1. to embark
  2. to travel by ship
  3. to ferry

乘船 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

乘chéng船chuán过guò海hǎi非fēi常cháng舒shū服fú。
It is very pleasant to cross the ocean by ship.
我wǒ乘chéng船chuán过guò了le河hé。
I crossed the river by boat.
从cóng英yīng国guó乘chéng船chuán到dào印yìn度dù，以yǐ前qián需xū要yào六liù个gè月yuè的de时shí间jiān。
The voyage from England to India used to take 6 months.
除chú了le乘chéng船chuán，就jiù没méi有yǒu其qí他tā方fāng法fǎ可kě以yǐ到dào达dá那nà个ge岛dǎo了le。
There is no way of reaching the island other than by boat.

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乘 chéng · to ride · 10 strokes

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船 chuán · boat · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 乘船.

划船huáchuánto row a boat; rowing; boating
轮船lúnchuánsteamship; steamer; steamboat
乘客chéngkèpassenger
乘坐chéngzuòto take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
乘车chéng chēto ride (in a car or carriage); to drive
船长chuánzhǎngcaptain (of a boat); skipper
飞船fēichuánspaceship; spacecraft
船员chuányuánsailor; crew member
船只chuánzhīship; boat
搭乘dāchéngto ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)
帆船fānchuánsailboat
渔船yúchuánfishing boat

Questions about 乘船

What does 乘船 mean?

乘船 (chéngchuán) means "to embark; to travel by ship".

How do you write 乘船?

乘船 is made of 2 characters: 乘 (10 strokes), 船 (11 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.