粵

船syun4家gaa1

syun4 gaa1chuán jiā

English

  1. person who lives and makes a living on a boat
  2. boatman
  3. boat dweller
  4. boat people

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 泛指行船揾食嘅人

Examples

  • 蘇彝士運河管理局長話,擴闊運河,船家駛得快啲、平啲,咁未來十年收入就多兩倍。

    The expansion will more than double the canal’s income over the next 10 years by making the trip faster and cheaper for shippers, said the head admiral of the Suez Canal Authority.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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