The Chinese word 划船 (huáchuán), meaning "to row a boat" or "to paddle a boat", is formed through a straightforward verb-object compound structure. It combines the verb 划 (huá), which means "to paddle" or "to row", with the noun 船 (chuán), meaning "boat" or "ship". The resulting compound semantically describes the action performed upon the object, creating a single lexical unit that functions as a verb. This method of word formation is highly productive in Chinese, where two meaningful characters (morphemes) are combined to create a new, transparent term whose meaning is directly derived from the sum of its parts.