chuán

noun
technical

Meaning of 汽船

汽船 means steamboat; steamship (esp. smaller ones); motorboat; motor launch. Pronounced qì chuán.

  • steamboat; steamship (esp. smaller ones)
  • motorboat; motor launch

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
sōu
chuán
jīng
yǒu
bǎi
duō
nián
de
shǐ
le
 

This steamboat has a history of more than one hundred years.

men
zài
guǎn
kàn
dào
le
sōu
lǎo
de
chuán
 

We saw an ancient steamboat in the museum.

chuán
céng
jīng
shì
nèi
yùn
shū
de
zhǔ
yào
gōng
 

Steamboats were once the main means of inland river transport.

Measure Words

/ sōu
Primary
/ tiáo