躉船

简 趸船 · 繁 躉船
Mandarin · pinyin dǔn chuán

Meanings

  1. barge
  2. pontoon
  3. landing stage
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躉
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船
chuán · ship, boat, vessel
趸
dǔn · sell or buy wholesale; store
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3–2 · dun3 chuan2

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dan2 syun4

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noun

  1. landing stage; pontoon; large flat-bottomed vessel without a motor that is fixed to the shore or a dock for other ships to stop and load or unload cargo or passengers
  2. (Hong Kong) barge (engaged in mid-stream operations)

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