oar; paddle; propeller (n.)
HSK 6
Traditional
槳
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
讲 jiǎng - speak (v.) | HSK 3
Examples
划船需要用力桨，这样船才能前进。 huáchuán xūyào yònglì jiǎng, zhèyàng chuán cái néng qiánjìn - You need to paddle hard to move the boat forward.
他们把桨用来推进小船。 tāmen bǎ jiǎng yòng lái tuījìn xiǎochuán - They used the paddles to propel the small boat.
风浪很大，我们必须合力划桨。 fēnglàng hěn dà, wǒmen bìxū hélì huá jiǎng - The waves are strong; we must paddle together.
他的桨掉进了水里，船一时间无法前进。 tā de jiǎng diàojìn le shuǐ lǐ, chuán yī shíjiān wúfǎ qiánjìn - His paddle fell into the water, and the boat couldn’t move for a while.
我们必须保持桨的同步，否则船会偏离方向。 wǒmen bìxū bǎochí jiǎng de tóngbù, fǒuzé chuán huì piānlí fāngxiàng - We must keep the paddles in sync, or the boat will veer off course.