“Boat” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “boat” is 船 (fune). In Chinese it is 船 (chuán).
Japanese
船
ふね · fune
船が川に浮かんでいます。
The boat is on the river.
Chinese (Simplified)
船
chuán
船在河上。
The boat is on the river.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 艘: 一艘船 means “one boat”.
“Boat” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 船 ふね · fune | 船が川に浮かんでいます。 |
| English | boat /boʊt/ | The boat is on the river. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 船 chuán | 船在河上。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 船 chuán | 船在河上。 |
| Korean | 배 | 배가 강 위에 있어요. |
| Spanish | barco | El barco está en el río. |
| French | bateau | Le bateau est sur la rivière. |
| German | Boot | Das Boot ist auf dem Fluss. |
| Italian | barca | La barca è sul fiume. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | barco | O barco está no rio. |
| Russian | лодка | Лодка на реке. |
| Arabic | قارب | القارب على النهر. |
| Hindi | नाव | नाव नदी पर है। |
| Indonesian | perahu | Perahu itu ada di sungai. |
| Vietnamese | thuyền | Chiếc thuyền ở trên sông. |
| Thai | เรือ | เรืออยู่บนแม่น้ำ |
| Turkish | tekne | Tekne nehirde. |
| Dutch | boot | De boot ligt op de rivier. |
| Swedish | båt | Båten är på floden. |
| Polish | łódź | Łódź jest na rzece. |