游 yóu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 斿 to swim
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
游船
yóuchuán
pleasure boat; excursion boat
Characters in this word
船 chuán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 舟 — boat, ship
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 傍晚的游船沿江缓缓前行，两岸灯火逐渐亮了起来。 Bàngwǎn de yóuchuán yán jiāng huǎnhuǎn qiánxíng, liǎng'àn dēnghuǒ zhújiàn liàng le qǐlái. The evening pleasure boat moved slowly along the river as the lights on both banks gradually came on.
- 我们坐游船绕湖一周，湖上吹来的风很凉爽。 Wǒmen zuò yóuchuán rào hú yīzhōu, hú shàng chuī lái de fēng hěn liángshuāng. We took the pleasure boat for a full circle around the lake; the breeze on the water was cool and pleasant.
- 节日期间游客很多，最好提前在网上订游船票。 Jiérì qījiān yóukè hěn duō, zuìhǎo tíqián zài wǎngshàng dìng yóuchuán piào. There are many tourists during the holidays, so it is best to book excursion boat tickets online in advance.
Related words
- 旅游 lǚyóu to travel for fun
- 游客 yóukè tourist
- 游 yóu to tour
- 游戏 yóuxì game
- 游泳 yóuyǒng to swim
- 导游 dǎoyóu tour guide
- 游泳池 yóuyǒngchí swimming pool
- 出游 chūyóu to go on a trip
- 游人 yóurén tourist
- 郊游 jiāoyóu to go on an outing; excursion
- 漫游 mànyóu to roam; to wander; roaming
- 上游 shàngyóu upstream; upper reaches; upstream sector