Chinese Word of the Day

独木舟
dú mù zhōu

canoe

Definitions

Chinese > English
独木舟
1. Simplified form of 獨木舟
獨木舟	dúmùzhōu
1. n. dugout canoe
2. n. kayak
English > Chinese
canoe
1. 独木舟
2. 圆木舟
3. 皮舟
4. 划独木舟
5. 独乘木舟
Components
独
1. Simplified form of 獨
獨	dú
1. alone; single; solitary
獨自 - by oneself
獨奏 - solo
2. the old and childless
3. only
不獨 - not only
唯獨 - only; all except
4. (literary) (Indicates a rhetorical question): is it possible that...
Synonyms: 豈, 寧
5. (in compounds) separatism
謀獨 - to plot / scheme for independence
港獨 - Hong Kong Independence Movement
臺獨 - Taiwan Independence Movement
木	mù
1. tree; woody plant
Synonyms: 樹
樹木 - tree
灌木 - shrub
木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
木頭tou - log
3. wooden
這張桌子是木的。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
棺木 - coffin
就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
麻木 - numb, insensitive
她手指凍木了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
舟	zhōu
1. (literary) boat
同舟共濟 - to pull together in times of trouble, lit=to cross a river in the same boat
2. (obsolete) to ride in a boat; to sail a boat