Tuesday 29 January 2008

帆船 – fān chuán – Sailing


Today’s first character is 帆, fān meaning to sail.

The second character is 船, chuán meaning a boat.

Together they mean Sailing.

fān is pronounced like fan, with a 1st or high, level tone.

chuán is pronounced chew-wan, with a 2nd or rising tone.