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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 商船

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
商船 shāng chuán - merchant ship

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 27,223 27,674 50,580

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shāng- Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
- surname Shang
shāng- commerce
- merchant
- dealer
- to consult
- 2nd note in pentatonic scale
- quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
chuán- boat
- vessel
- ship
- CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
chuán- variant of 船[chuan2]

Other Words Containing 商船

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
商船 - - 27,223 27,674 50,580