船
员

Sailor in Chinese: 船员 (chuán yuán)

chuán yuán

sailor

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 船員1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1sailor
  2. 2crew member

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船
员

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄨㄢˊ

chuán

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄩㄢˊ

yuán

ㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

船员

Simplified

船員

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这条大船上有二十多名船员。

    zhè tiáo dà chuán shàng yǒu èr shí duō míng chuán yuán。

    There are more than twenty crew members on this big ship.

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Related words

船

chuán

boat

员

yuán

person

演员

yǎn yuán

actor or actress

划船

huá chuán

to row a boat

人员

rén yuán

staff

成员

chéng yuán

member

队员

duì yuán

team member

会员

huì yuán

member

员工

yuán gōng

staff

轮船

lún chuán

steamship

动员

dòng yuán

to mobilize

船长

chuán zhǎng

captain (of a boat)

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