造船

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	a boat; vessel; ship
simp. and trad. (造船)		造	船

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàochuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ syun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho-sòn
• Min Nan (POJ): chō-chûn / chǒ-chûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zàochuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawchwan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ syun⁴
    • Yale: jouh syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ xun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² ɕyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho-sòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co sonˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴ son²
    • IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵ son¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-chûn
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-tsûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixzuun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ t͡sun²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ t͡sun¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-chûn
    • Tâi-lô: tsǒ-tsûn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²² t͡sun²⁴/

Verb

造船

1. to build a ship

Derived terms

• 造船廠／造船厂 (zàochuánchǎng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
造	船
ぞう Grade: 5	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 造船

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ぞーせん [zòóséń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

造船 (hiragana ぞうせん, rōmaji zōsen, historical hiragana ざうせん)

1. shipbuilding

Verb

造船する (hiragana ぞうせんする, rōmaji zōsen suru, historical hiragana ざうせんする)

1. to build a ship

Conjugation

Conjugation of "造船する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	造船し	ぞうせんし	zōsen shi
Continuative (連用形)	造船し	ぞうせんし	zōsen shi
Terminal (終止形)	造船する	ぞうせんする	zōsen suru
Attributive (連体形)	造船する	ぞうせんする	zōsen suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	造船すれ	ぞうせんすれ	zōsen sure
Imperative (命令形)	造船せよ¹ 造船しろ²	ぞうせんせよ¹ ぞうせんしろ²	zōsen seyo¹ zōsen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	造船される	ぞうせんされる	zōsen sareru
Causative	造船させる 造船さす	ぞうせんさせる ぞうせんさす	zōsen saseru zōsen sasu
Potential	造船できる	ぞうせんできる	zōsen dekiru
Volitional	造船しよう	ぞうせんしよう	zōsen shiyō
Negative	造船しない	ぞうせんしない	zōsen shinai
Negative continuative	造船せず	ぞうせんせず	zōsen sezu
Formal	造船します	ぞうせんします	zōsen shimasu
Perfective	造船した	ぞうせんした	zōsen shita
Conjunctive	造船して	ぞうせんして	zōsen shite
Hypothetical conditional	造船すれば	ぞうせんすれば	zōsen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
造	船

Noun

造船 • (joseon) (hangeul 조선)

1. Hanja form^? of 조선, “shipbuilding”.