The Chinese word **帆船** (fānchuán), meaning "sailing boat" or "sailboat," is a compound noun formed through semantic combination. It consists of two meaningful characters: **帆** (fān), which means "sail," and **船** (chuán), which means "boat" or "ship." The structure follows a common modifier-noun pattern in Chinese, where the first character **帆** describes the key feature or type of the second character **船**, effectively specifying it as a "boat characterized by sails" or a "sail-powered boat." This logical, descriptive method of word formation is typical in the language, creating clear and intuitive compound terms.