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HSK
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
to moor a boat or ship
to scull / to row a boat
sailboat
HSK 7-9
gondola (Venetian canal boat)
spaceship
to get on the boat
to set sail
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *船* | 船* | *船
variant of
HSK 2
lifeboat
spaceship / spacecraft / dirigible / airship
HSK 6
sailing
wooden boat
spaceship; spacecraft
mailboat / ocean liner
ship with several decks / turreted junk
fishing boat / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
to embark / to travel by ship / to ferry
lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom) / fig. to associate with criminals
boat
Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
to sail a boat / to navigate
container ship
to charter a ship
patrol vessel / cutter
merchant ship
survey ship
warship
steamboat / steamship
cargo ship / freighter
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
to become seasick
shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship
pleasure boat / cruise ship
HSK 7-9
catamaran
man-of-war / naval vessel / warship
"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
oil tanker
dredger
passenger ship
tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat
hydrofoil
target ship
seagoing ship
ice breaker / same as 冰船
to load cargo onto a ship
shipbuilding
transport ship
lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure
boat race / racing ship or boat
Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和|郑和
ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)
barge / pontoon / landing stage
to abandon ship
to punt / to pole a boat
barge; lighter
dragon boat (used at 端午, the Dragon Boat Festival)
hovercraft / air cushion vehicle
ice breaker (ship)
armed vessel (of ancient times)
to capsize / (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat
dredger
mother ship
ferry ship
warship
survey vessel
pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction
lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
whaler; whaling vessel
to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair
shipwreck
boat used for collecting river sludge (to use as a fertilizer)
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
Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011)
spaceship / spacecraft
dragon-boat race
roll-on, roll-off ship (RORO ship); vessel designed to load and unload vehicles by driving them on and off
supply ship
ice breaker
to transfer ships
inflatable boat
boat propelled by a yuloh (a single sculling oar)
boat or raft adapted to handle rapids / white-water raft
steamboat
armored ship
to charter a ship / to take a vessel on rent
swingboat
boat
Shenzhou (spacecraft)
naval surveillance vessel; maritime patrol boat
ferry
variant of 漁船|渔船


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