Row a boat in Chinese (Mandarin): 划船 (huáchuán)

划船
huáchuán
row a boat
- Simplified
- 划船
- Traditional
- 划船
- Pinyin
- huáchuán
- Typed as
- huachuan
Use it in a sentence
我们划船。
我們划船。
We row a boat.
The characters in 划船
划
To row, to paddle. 刂 (knife) is on the right.
6 strokes
船
Boat.
11 strokes
划船 is "row a boat". Dragon boat racing is 赛龙舟 (sài lóngzhōu), at the Dragon Boat Festival.
More examples with 划船
我们在湖上划船。
我們在湖上划船。
Wǒmen zài hú shang huáchuán.
We row a boat on the lake.
划船很好玩。
Huáchuán hěn hǎowán.
Rowing a boat is fun.
How to write 划船 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
划 6 strokes
船 11 strokes
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