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汽船

汽船

Chinese

steam; vapor a boat; vessel; ship
simp. and trad.
(汽船)

Noun

汽船

  1. steamship; steamboat   (Classifier: )
  2. motorboat   (Classifier: )

Synonyms


Japanese

汽船 (kisen): a steamship.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
せん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Probably coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of (ki, steam) + (sen, boat, ship).

Pronunciation

Noun

汽船 (hiragana きせん, romaji kisen)

  1. steamship

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

汽船 (giseon) (hangeul 기선)

  1. Hanja form? of 기선, “steamship”.