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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
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
barge; lighter
to load cargo onto a ship
to set sail
shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship
boat
Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
cargo ship / freighter
to embark / to travel by ship / to ferry
warship
barge / pontoon / landing stage
passenger ship
to get on the boat
ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)
wooden boat
to capsize / (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat
to punt / to pole a boat
shipbuilding
to sail a boat / to navigate
steamboat / steamship
tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat
seagoing ship
dragon boat (used at 端午, the Dragon Boat Festival)
ferry
to charter a ship / to take a vessel on rent
to become seasick
ice breaker (ship)
swingboat
man-of-war / naval vessel / warship
to scull / to row a boat
armed vessel (of ancient times)
to transfer ships
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
to abandon ship
mother ship
container ship
boat or raft adapted to handle rapids / white-water raft
hovercraft / air cushion vehicle
transport ship
"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
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
catamaran
Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011)
spaceship / spacecraft
survey vessel
ice breaker
to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair
steamboat
inflatable boat
spaceship
boat propelled by a yuloh (a single sculling oar)
lifeboat
dredger
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
supply ship
lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom) / fig. to associate with criminals
merchant ship
patrol vessel / cutter
warship
whaler; whaling vessel
ship with several decks / turreted junk
hydrofoil
oil tanker
naval surveillance vessel; maritime patrol boat
ferry ship
ice breaker / same as 冰船
Shenzhou (spacecraft)
boat used for collecting river sludge (to use as a fertilizer)
survey ship
boat
lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure
pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction
boat race / racing ship or boat
dragon-boat race
shipwreck
mailboat / ocean liner
armored ship
lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
sailing


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