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to row a boat / rowing; boating / small boat
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *船* | 船* | *船
boat / vessel / ship / CL: 條|条, , 隻|只
HSK 2
steamship; steamer; steamboat / CL:
HSK 4
captain (of a boat) / skipper
HSK 6
barge / pontoon / landing stage
sailboat
HSK 7-9
ship / boat / vessel
HSK 6
sailor / crew member
HSK 6
shipyard
Chuanying, a district of Jilin City 吉林市, Jilin
spaceship
spaceship / spacecraft / dirigible / airship
HSK 6
to get on the boat
lifeboat
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
wooden boat
to punt / to pole a boat
oar
HSK 7-9
to embark / to travel by ship / to ferry
pleasure boat / cruise ship
HSK 7-9
lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom) / fig. to associate with criminals
boat
Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
to sail a boat / to navigate
person who lives and makes a living on a boat / boatman / boat dweller
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 charter a ship
Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011)
spaceship / spacecraft
whaler; whaling vessel
boatman
survey vessel
merchant ship
survey ship
ship's captain / owner of ship
sail
shipping / boats
HSK 7-9
steamboat / steamship
a shipwreck / a sinking
shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship
man-of-war / naval vessel / warship
oil tanker
dredger
people who live and make a living on boats
cargo ship / freighter
shipyard / shipbuilder's yard
passenger ship
tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat
transport ship
mailboat / ocean liner
hydrofoil
cargo
target ship
China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)
warship
seagoing ship
fishing boat / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
steamboat
ice breaker / same as 冰船
lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb) / fig. everything will be all right
shipbuilding
to set sail
patrol vessel / cutter
side of boat or ship / gunwale
It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
fleet (of ships)
coxswain / steersman / boatswain (bo'sun)
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
hovercraft / air cushion vehicle
ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)
Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
the sides of a ship / (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
boat race / racing ship or boat
dragon boat (used at 端午, the Dragon Boat Festival)
pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction
spaceship; spacecraft
rudder / helm of a ship
Shenzhou (spacecraft)
ice breaker (ship)
armed vessel (of ancient times)
ship (commerce)
(idiom) everything will turn out all right; let's worry about it when it happens; it will be all right on the night
to capsize / (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舩* | 舩* | *舩
variant of
HSK 2
Puppis (constellation)
inflatable boat
dredger
Minister of Navy during Qing times
ship ticket
fishing boat / same as 漁船|渔船
mother ship
warship
shipwreck
sailing
hull (of a ship)
lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
wharf / quay
model ship; model boat
shipping

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