椽

The character "椽" has 13 strokes. "椽" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "椽" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "椽" are "chuán" . View the stroke order of "椽">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "椽"

n.: rafter

• rafter : n.椽；乘筏人；木材筏流工

Form words with "椽"

Example phrases using "椽"

• 椽已经着火了。

  The rafters have caught.

• 椽：支撑起一个斜屋顶的斜梁中的一根。

  Rafter: One of the sloping beams that supports a pitched roof.

• 房间的椽条上缠着薄纱和毛茸茸的纱线.

  Bits of tulle and fuzzy yarn hang mistily from the rafters.

• 前面是船舷的上椽, 船身已埋在沙里.

  Before him the gunwale of a boat, sunk in sand.

• 请把手电筒向上照屋椽。

  Still carrying a torch for an old sweetheart.

• 如同附在椽和草叶上.

  As to rafters or grass.

• 他登上梯子，两手按住了椽木，翻身上了屋顶室。

  He mounted the steps, and, seizing a rafter with either hand, he swung himself up into the garret.

• 钉上的椽木越多，我挥动那把加利福尼亚大锤的空间越小。

  The more rafters I attached, the less space I had for swinging my big California framing hammer.

• 一些村民告诉我，巡防队把他们的房子翻了个底朝天，他们在床底下和睡垫下搜查武器、在椽条的缝隙里寻找风干肉。

  Some of the villagers told me that scouts turned their houses upside down searching under beds and sleeping mats for weapons and in the rafters for dried meat.