船工

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Chinese

a boat; vessel; ship
work; worker; skill
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
 
trad. (船工)
simp. #(船工)

Pronunciation


Noun

船工

  1. boatman; boat worker; ferryman

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 2
こう
Grade: 2

Pronunciation

Noun

(せん)(こう) (senkō

  1. shipbuilder, shipwright, a carpenter who builds boats
    • 1975, Ono Takeo, Edo no hakurai fūzokushi, page 94:
      安政二年(あんせいにねん)(()()()())に()()国君(くにきみ)(ざわ)郡戸(ぐんへ)()(へた)(こう)で、ロシアの船工(せんこう)指導(しどう)(きみ)(ざわ)(がた)(ふね)として(つく)られた。
      Ansei ni nen (1855) ni Izu-kuni Kimizawa-gun Heta (Heta)-kō de, Roshia no senkō no shidō de Kimizawa-gata no fune toshite tsukurareta.
      In year two of the Ansei period (1855) in Izu-kuni, Kimizawa-gun, at the port of Heta under the guidance of Russian shipbuilders the Kimizawa-style schooner was built.