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Webster 1913 Edition

Sampan

‖

Sam′pan

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Noun.

(Naut.)

A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.

[Written also

sanpan

.]

Definition 2024

sampan

sampan

English

Noun

sampan ‎(plural sampans)

(nautical) A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars.

Translations

Chinese boat

Burmese: သမ္ဗန် (my) ‎(samban)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 三板 ‎(saam¹ baan²), 舢舨 ‎(saan¹ baan²)

Hakka: 舢舨 ‎(sân-pán)

Mandarin: 舢舨 (zh) ‎(shānbǎn), 三板 (zh) ‎(sānbǎn)

Min Nan: 船仔 (zh-min-nan) ‎(chûn-á), 鷁仔, 鹢仔 ‎(ge̍k-á), 舢舨 ‎(sam-pán), 舢舨仔 (zh-min-nan) ‎(sam-pán-á), 雙槳仔, 双桨仔 ‎(siang-chiúⁿ-á)
Dutch: sampan
Finnish: sampaani (fi)
French: sampan (fr) m

German: Sampan m
Indonesian: sampan (id)
Italian: sampan m
Japanese: サンパン ‎(sanpan)
Norwegian: sampan
Polish: sampan (pl) m
Portuguese: sampana f
Russian: сампа́н (ru) m ‎(sampán)
Spanish: junco m
Swedish: sampan