For the Chinese/English bilingual newspaper, see Sampan (newspaper).
Not to be confused with the commune in France Sampans, Jura.
Sampan on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), China
Sampan
Chinese
舢舨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Shānbǎn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Sāan báan
Jyutping
Saan1 baan2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Sam-pán
Model of sampan in Lanyang Museum
A sampan is a relatively flat-bottomed Chinese and Malay wooden boat. Some sampans include a small shelter on board and may be used as a permanent habitation on inland waters. The design closely resembles Western hard chine boats like the scow or punt. Sampans are generally used for transportation in coastal areas or rivers and are often used as traditional fishing boats. It is unusual for a sampan to sail far from land, as they do not have the means to survive rough weather.
It is sometimes claimed that the word "sampan" is derived from the Cantonese term sāam báan (三板), literally "three planks",[1] but this is likely to be a false etymology.[2] A possible Austronesian origin of the word has been suggested, as it is attested in an Old Malay inscription from 684 CE.[3]
Sampans may be propelled by poles, oars (particularly a single, long stern sculling oar called a yuloh (simplified Chinese 摇橹/ traditional Chinese 搖櫓) [4]) or may be fitted with outboard motors.
Sampans are still in use by rural residents of Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Malay communities in Southeast Asia also use the term sampan for their boats. Large boats such as sampan panjang, kolek and perahu panjang are used and built by the Malays and Orang Laut living in their coastal villages.
^Merriam Webster online dictionary
^Hoogervorst, Tom (2012). Southeast Asia in the ancient Indian Ocean world (PhD). University of Oxford.
^Manguin, Pierre-Yves (2012). "Asian ship-building traditions in the Indian Ocean at the dawn of European expansion". In Prakash, Om; Chattopadhyaya, D. P. (eds.). History of science, philosophy, and culture in Indian Civilization. Vol. III, part 7: The trading world of the Indian Ocean, 1500–1800. Delhi, Chennai, Chandigarh: Pearson. pp. 597–629. Another well-known word of possible Austronesian origin is sampan, attested in a 684 CE old Malay inscription, which also appears in Tamil and Sri Lankan (as it does in Khmer, Thai, Burmese, Mon and Chinese).
^"How to Scull a Boat", WOODEN BOAT #100, June 1991.
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