DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

搖船

简摇船 · 繁搖船

Mandarin · pinyin yáo chuán

to scull
to row a boat

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

搖: yáo · wag, swing, wave; shake; scull
船: chuán · ship, boat, vessel
摇: yáo · wag, swing, wave; shake; scull

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2 · yao2 chuan2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links1same-tone record

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

搖船 · find source passages ↗ · 摇船 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jiu4 syun4

Cantonese word readings for 搖船. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack