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Meaning of 舷

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Pinyin: xián
English Definition: side of a ship or an aircraft
Chinese Definition:
①船、飞机等的左右两侧:舷窗。舷梯。船舷。左舷。右舷。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (ship) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
舷梯 xián gangway; ramp (to board a ship or plane)
船舷 chuán xián sides of a ship; ship's railing; fig. the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
左舷 zuǒ xián port (side of a ship)
右舷 yòu xián starboard (of a ship)
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Example Sentences
1
What is your freeboard?
2
Untie the handrail rope. Get ready the fenders.
3
We just lost tire pressure on the left outboard and left inboard, both tires.
4
In this case the outboard functions like an inboard with many of the advantages of both.
5
沿
The missiles are located along the ship broadsides, look very impressive and make it easy to differentiate between Varyag and other ships.