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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *船* | 船* | *船
boat / vessel / ship / CL: 條|条, , 隻|只
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
ship / boat / vessel
HSK 6
captain (of a boat) / skipper
HSK 6
spaceship / spacecraft / dirigible / airship
HSK 6
fishing boat / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
pleasure boat / cruise ship
HSK 7-9
sailboat
HSK 7-9
oar
HSK 7-9
shipping / boats
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
ship's port of registry
to load cargo onto a ship
hull / body of a ship
barge / pontoon / landing stage
ship's ladder
warship
Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和|郑和
ice breaker (ship)
rowing machine
hovercraft / air cushion vehicle
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
Chuanying district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province
barge; lighter
warship
boat used for collecting river sludge (to use as a fertilizer)
sail
armored ship
target ship
people who live and make a living on boats
to set sail
shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship
boat
Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
to punt / to pole a boat
a canal lock
cargo ship / freighter
shipyard / shipbuilder's yard
to embark / to travel by ship / to ferry
sea freight / shipping
passenger ship
to get on the boat
fleet (of ships)
wooden boat
ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)
hull / body of a ship
the bow or prow of a ship
to capsize / (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat
ship owner
dock; shipyard
shipbuilding
steamboat / steamship
ship ticket
tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat
seagoing ship
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
dredger
ship's position
the sides of a ship / (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
ship's bow
ankle socks / invisible socks
boatman / boat dweller
back end of a ship / aft
coxswain / steersman / boatswain (bo'sun)
ship's sail
side of boat or ship / gunwale
boatman / boat builder
swingboat
man-of-war / naval vessel / warship
ship's captain / owner of ship
wharf / quay
to scull / to row a boat
stern of boat
supply ship
armed vessel (of ancient times)
to transfer ships
fishing boat / same as 漁船|渔船
ship's registry
spaceship; spacecraft
to sail a boat / to navigate
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)
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
dockyard / shipyard
transport ship
cargo

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