sampan
noun/ˈsæmpæn/
/ˈsæmpæn/
- a small boat with a flat bottom used along the coast and rivers of ChinaTopics Transport by waterc2Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Chinese san-ban, from san ‘three’ + ban ‘board’.
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