划船
huá chuán
Pinyin

Definition

划船
 - 
huá chuán
  1. to row a boat
  2. rowing boat
  3. rowing (sport)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

船
chuán
  1. 1 variant of 船[chuán]
船票
chuán piào
  1. 1 ship ticket
规划
guī huà
  1. 1 to plan (how to do sth)
  2. 2 planning
  3. 3 plan
  4. 4 program
计划
jì huà
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 project
  3. 3 program
  4. 4 to plan
  5. 5 to map out
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],項|项[xiàng]
企划
qǐ huà
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to lay out
  3. 3 to design
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
划
huá
  1. 1 to row
  2. 2 to paddle
  3. 3 profitable
  4. 4 worth (the effort)
  5. 5 it pays (to do sth)
划算
huá suàn
  1. 1 to calculate
  2. 2 to weigh (pros and cons)
  3. 3 to view as profitable
  4. 4 worthwhile
  5. 5 value for money
  6. 6 cost-effective
划船
huá chuán
  1. 1 to row a boat
  2. 2 rowing boat
  3. 3 rowing (sport)
划一
huà yī
  1. 1 uniform
  2. 2 to standardize
划伤
huá shāng
  1. 1 to damage by scratching
  2. 2 to gash
  3. 3 to lacerate
划分
huà fēn
  1. 1 to divide up
  2. 2 to partition
  3. 3 to differentiate
划痕
huá hén
  1. 1 a scratch
划破
huá pò
  1. 1 to cut open
  2. 2 to rip
  3. 3 to streak across (lightning, meteor etc)
  4. 4 to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
划过
huá guò
  1. 1 (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky)
  2. 2 (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)
帆船
fān chuán
  1. 1 sailboat
快船
Kuài chuán
  1. 1 Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
撑船
chēng chuán
  1. 1 to punt
  2. 2 to pole a boat
比划
bǐ hua
  1. 1 to gesture
  2. 2 to gesticulate
  3. 3 to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher
  4. 4 to fight
  5. 5 to come to blows
沉船
chén chuán
  1. 1 shipwreck
  2. 2 sunken boat
  3. 3 sinking ship

Idioms (12)

上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
指手划脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
  1. 1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
  2. 2 to criticize or give orders summarily
  3. 3 also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
整齐划一
zhěng qí huà yī
  1. 1 to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
水涨船高
shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo
  1. 1 the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
  2. 2 to develop according to the situation
脚踏两条船
jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán
  1. 1 lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have it both ways
  3. 3 to run after two hares
  4. 4 (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
船到桥门自会直
chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí
  1. 1 lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
  2. 2 no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
船到江心，补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
船到码头，车到站
chuán dào mǎ tóu , chē dào zhàn
  1. 1 The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station.
  2. 2 The job is over, it's time to relax. (idiom)
草船借箭
cǎo chuán jiè jiàn
  1. 1 lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì])
  2. 2 fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直
chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí
  1. 1 lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Everything will turn out for the best.
  3. 3 Let's worry about it when it happens.
  4. 4 It will be all right on the night.
阴沟里翻船
yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán
  1. 1 to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

Sample Sentences

我今天主要锻练背部和二头肌，坐姿划船可以训练背部的力量，记得收腹，靠背部的力量，拉到后面这里坚持几秒，像这样，呼！哈
wǒ jīntiān zhǔyào duànliàn bèibù hé èrtóujī ，zuòzīhuáchuán kěyǐ xùnliàn bèibù de lìliang ，jìde shōu fù ，kào bèibù de lìliang ，lā dào hòumiàn zhèlǐ jiānchí jǐ miǎo ，xiàng zhèyàng ，hū ！hā
Today I’m working on my back and my biceps, the seated row machine can train your back strength. Remember to tighten your abs, and rely on your back strength, pull it back and hold it for several seconds, like this. Whoo! Ha!
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今天我们要去划船，你忘了？
jīntiān wǒmen yào qù huáchuán ，nǐ wàng le ？
Today we are going to go boating. Did you forget?
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划船
huáchuán
To paddle a boat.
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划船喽！
huáchuán lou ！
Row!
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这样应该也很锻炼身体吧，哈哈。哎，后面跟着的人怎么都套着船一样的道具？应该是在表示划船吧。
zhèyàng yīnggāi yě hěn duànliàn shēntǐ ba ，hāhā 。āi ，hòumian gēn zhe de rén zěnme dōu tào zhe chuán yīyàng de dàojù ？yīnggāi shì zài biǎoshì huáchuán ba 。
That's gotta be good exercise, as well. Haha. Hey, why are the people following behind all wearing boat-like props? They're acting out rowing a boat, right?
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在忙什么呢？天气这么好，周末我们去公园划船吧！
zài máng shénme ne ？tiānqì zhème hǎo ，zhōumò wǒmen qù gōngyuán huáchuán ba ！
What are you busy with? The weather is so great, let's go boating in the park this weekend.
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