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  *船* | 船* | *船
boat / vessel / ship / CL: 條|条, , 隻|只
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *船* | 船* | *船
variant of
HSK 2
to row a boat / rowing; boating / small boat
HSK 3
steamship; steamer; steamboat / CL:
HSK 4
sailor / crew member
HSK 6
spaceship / spacecraft / dirigible / airship
HSK 6
ship / boat / vessel
HSK 6
captain (of a boat) / skipper
HSK 6
shipping / boats
HSK 7-9
fishing boat / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
pleasure boat / cruise ship
HSK 7-9
sailboat
HSK 7-9
oar
HSK 7-9
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
Chuanying district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province
barge; lighter
sail
to load cargo onto a ship
to set sail
Chuanshan district of Suining city 遂寧市|遂宁市, Sichuan
seagoing ship
shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship
boat
Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
a canal lock
cargo ship / freighter
shipyard / shipbuilder's yard
to embark / to travel by ship / to ferry
sea freight / shipping
warship
barge / pontoon / landing stage
passenger ship
to get on the boat
fleet (of ships)
ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)
wooden boat
hull / body of a ship
the bow or prow of a ship
to capsize / (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat
pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction
ship owner
dock; shipyard
to punt / to pole a boat
shipbuilding
to sail a boat / to navigate
steamboat / steamship
ship ticket
tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat
navy vessel / (coast guard) patrol boat
boatman
dragon boat (used at 端午, the Dragon Boat Festival)
ferry
to charter a ship / to take a vessel on rent
to become seasick
boatman / boat builder
the sides of a ship / (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
ship's registry
ship's bow
hull / body of a ship
boatman / boat dweller
mailboat / ocean liner
person who lives and makes a living on a boat / boatman / boat dweller
back end of a ship / aft
coxswain / steersman / boatswain (bo'sun)
ship's sail
side of boat or ship / gunwale
ice breaker (ship)
ship's position
people who live and make a living on boats
swingboat
man-of-war / naval vessel / warship
ship's captain / owner of ship
wharf / quay
to scull / to row a boat
stern of boat
armed vessel (of ancient times)
Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和|郑和
fishing boat / same as 漁船|渔船
spaceship; spacecraft
shipyard
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
to abandon ship
mother ship
ship (commerce)
to transfer ships
container ship
boat or raft adapted to handle rapids / white-water raft
lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb) / fig. everything will be all right
hovercraft / air cushion vehicle
dockyard / shipyard
transport ship
cargo
"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
to charter a ship
target ship
hull (of a ship)
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
catamaran
Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011)

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