龟船 in English gui1 chuan2 Meaning

Meanings

  • "turtle ship", armored warship used by Koreans in fighting the Japanese during the Imjin war of 1592-1598 壬辰倭亂|壬辰倭乱[ren2 chen2 wo1 luan4]

Simplified Characters

龟 船

Traditional Characters

龜 船

Pinyin

gui1 chuan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

龟gui1tortoise 船chuan2variant of 船[chuan2]