船
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boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
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- Level 3
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 舟 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 船
- Common rank
- #463
- Unicode
- U+8239
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Words with 船
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 船山区 | Chuanshan, a district of Suining City 遂寧市|遂宁市[Sui4 ning2 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 船老大 | coxswain; steersman; boatswain (bo'sun) | |
| 船山 | see 船山區|船山区[Chuan2 shan1 Qu1] | |
| 船头 | the bow or prow of a ship | |
| 小船 | boat | |
| 船家 | person who lives and makes a living on a boat; boatman; boat dweller | |
| 海船 | seagoing ship | |
| 行船 | to sail a boat; to navigate | |
| 上船 | to get on the boat | |
| 船体 | hull; body of a ship | |
| 船长 | captain (of a boat); skipper | |
| 船上交货 | Free On Board (FOB) (transportation) | |
| 船主 | ship's captain; owner of ship | |
| 开船 | to set sail | |
| 双体船 | catamaran | |
| 太空船 | spaceship | |
| 船工 | boatman; boat builder | |
| 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直 | (idiom) everything will turn out all right; let's worry about it when it happens; it will … | |
| 船运业 | shipping | |
| 太空飞船 | Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011) |