Chinese Vocabulary
压舱水
ballast water
压舱水
yācāngshuǐ1st tone
- Pinyin
- yācāngshuǐ
- Strokes
- 20
- In episodes
- 2
Stroke order for 压舱水
压舱水 is written with 20 strokes (压: 6, 舱: 10, 水: 4). The animation replays automatically.
Usage
压 to press down, 舱 hold, 水 water. How species cross oceans without meaning to.
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压舱水 appears in 2 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.
Blue Crabs Rode Ballast Water to Italy and Ate the Clams. So They Released 80,000 Baby Octopuses — Which May Not Go Where the Crabs Are.压舱水 spoken at natural speedmediumBlue Crabs Rode Ballast Water to Italy and Ate the Clams. So They Released 80,000 Baby Octopuses — Which May Not Go Where the Crabs Are.压舱水 spoken at natural speednormal
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