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English term or phrase:	junk
Chinese translation:	帆船
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14:09 Apr 30, 2005

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Tech/Engineering - History / sailing

English term or phrase: junk

junk, the sailing vessel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_(sailing)

I want the answer in Chinese characters, either traditional or simplified, along with pinyin transliteration.

Sonja Elen Kisa KudoZ activity Questions: 101 (8 open) (3 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 8 Canada
Local time: 00:13

fānchuán, 帆船

Explanation:
pronounced as fānchuán

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f膩nchu谩n,甯嗚埞

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f膩nchu谩n,甯嗚埞

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4 +6

fānchuán, 帆船

Xuchun

4 +3

junk-> い瓣Α差

Fancie Kao

3 +1

舢板 pronunciation: Shanban

wherestip

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

fānchuán, 帆船

Xuchun
China
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of:

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舢板 pronunciation: Shanban

Explanation:
I'm putting this up again after hiding my original suggestion. It seems from this link that 舢板 is at least one type of junk

http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/junk/sampan.html

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However, the English translation for 舢板 is sampan. So consider my suggestion a piece of info. :)

wherestip
United States
Local time: 00:13
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

junk-> い瓣Α差

Explanation:
junk-> い瓣Α差 (zhong4 guo2 shi4 fan2 chuan2)

肚参い瓣差硄盽キ┏差祇ㄓ颤孽刚瓜搬皑ㄓ﹁ㄈ杠 djong

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中国式帆船 as simplified characters

Portuguese junco, from Javanese jon
: any of various ships of Chinese waters with bluff lines, a high poop and overhanging stem, little or no keel, high pole masts, and a deep rudder

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when you only use \"楞摒\", it can be ANY kind of sailboat. It\'s a more general term.

Reference: http://www.gsksw.com.tw/group/learningdata/%AC%FC%BBy/%B2%EE...
Reference: http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/word/junk

Fancie Kao
Taiwan
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of:

Chinese