帆船 (fānchuán) — sailing boat; sailboat

Characters in this word

Strokes: 6
Radical: 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Made of: 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel 凡 any, every, all
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Strokes: 11
Radical: 舟 — boat, ship
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

那艘帆船在暴风雨前及时返港，避免了一场可能发生的海上事故。 Nà sōu fānchuán zài bàofēngyǔ qián jíshí fǎn gǎng, bìmiǎn le yì chǎng kěnéng fāshēng de hǎishàng shìgù. That sailboat returned to harbour in time before the storm, avoiding a possible accident at sea.
周末我们租了一艘小帆船出海。 Zhōumò wǒmen zū le yì sōu xiǎo fānchuán chūhǎi. At the weekend we rented a small sailboat and went out to sea.
海面上有很多白色的帆船，像一群飞鸟。 Hǎimiàn shang yǒu hěn duō báisè de fānchuán, xiàng yì qún fēiniǎo. There are many white sailboats on the sea, like a flock of flying birds.