客船

kèchuán

noun #45,555

Measure Word

一艘客船 sōu

Meanings

1 passenger ship
2 passenger boat

Characters

passenger; guest

Examples

HSK 3

以前从武汉到上海要坐两天多的客船，现在坐高铁几个小时就到了。

Yǐqián cóng Wǔhàn dào Shànghǎi yào zuò liǎng tiān duō de kèchuán, xiànzài zuò gāotiě jǐ ge xiǎoshí jiù dào le.

Getting from Wuhan to Shanghai used to take over two days by passenger boat; now the high-speed train does it in a few hours.

HSK 7-9

这艘客船每天早上八点开往对岸。

Zhè sōu kèchuán měitiān zǎoshang bā diǎn kāiwǎng duì'àn.

This passenger boat leaves for the other shore at eight every morning.

Tips

usage

客 'passenger' marks passenger transport: 客船, 客机, 客车. A 渡船 only crosses a river or strait, and a 货船 carries cargo. In the poem 枫桥夜泊 the 客船 is the boat the traveller sleeps on.

Stroke Order

客 kè

船 chuán