Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

junk

Chinese translation:

帆船

Added to glossary by Xuchun
Apr 30, 2005 14:09
19 yrs ago
English term

junk

English to Chinese Tech/Engineering History sailing
junk, the sailing vessel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_(sailing)

I want the answer in Chinese characters, either traditional or simplified, along with pinyin transliteration.

Proposed translations

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13 mins
Selected

fānchuán, 帆船

pronounced as fānchuán

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Note added at 21 mins (2005-04-30 14:30:28 GMT)
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f膩nchu谩n,甯嗚埞

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Note added at 23 mins (2005-04-30 14:32:17 GMT)
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f膩nchu谩n,甯嗚埞
Peer comment(s):

agree wherestip
8 mins
Thanks.
agree Andreas Yan
31 mins
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agree Edward LIU
1 hr
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agree English Chinese Medical Translator - Jimmy Deng
9 hrs
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agree Philip Tang
16 hrs
agree Danbing HE
1 day 20 hrs
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+1
39 mins

舢板 pronunciation: Shanban

I'm putting this up again after hiding my original suggestion. It seems from this link that 舢板 is at least one type of junk

http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/junk/sampan.html

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Note added at 42 mins (2005-04-30 14:51:47 GMT)
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However, the English translation for 舢板 is sampan. So consider my suggestion a piece of info. :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Philip Tang : originally to mean 舢板, in a broader sense covers 帆船
16 hrs
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+3
13 mins

junk-> い瓣Α差

junk-> い瓣Α差 (zhong4 guo2 shi4 fan2 chuan2)

肚参い瓣差硄盽キ┏差祇ㄓ颤孽刚瓜搬皑ㄓ﹁ㄈ杠 djong

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-04-30 14:29:25 GMT)
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中国式帆船 as simplified characters

Portuguese junco, from Javanese jon
: any of various ships of Chinese waters with bluff lines, a high poop and overhanging stem, little or no keel, high pole masts, and a deep rudder


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Note added at 48 mins (2005-04-30 14:58:01 GMT)
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when you only use \"楞摒\", it can be ANY kind of sailboat. It\'s a more general term.
Peer comment(s):

agree wherestip
8 mins
agree Andreas Yan
32 mins
agree Angus Woo : ぃ﹚い瓣らセΤ摸キ┏差差琌癬ㄓ琌
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