sampan
pronunciation
How to pronounce sampan in British English:
UK [ˈsæmpæn]
How to pronounce sampan in American English:
US [ˈsæmˌpæn]
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- Noun:
- an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars
Word Origin
- sampan (n.)
- light Chinese boat, 1610s, from Chinese san pan, literally "three boards," from san "three" + pan "plank."
Example
- 1. The desk is my sampan .
- 2. The strategy for chinese enterprise to go out : make sampan into ship .
- 3. Two sea miles away from the island , sampan pulled into the minefield .
- 4. He was the sampan man , the only one who had fallen into the water .
- 5. On meeting serge pun in his office in central yangon , it is hard to imagine that one of myanmar 's most successful tycoons was once a penniless migrant in hong kong , delivering ship supplies from a small sampan and selling air sanitisers for a pitiful commission .