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舟

zhōu

HSK 6 Character

What 舟 means

1. boat

Example sentences

• 骆驼是沙漠之舟。
  Luòtuo shì shāmò zhī zhōu.
  A camel is to the desert what a ship is to the sea.
• 端午节要赛龙舟。
  During the Dragon Boat Festival, there needs to be a dragon boat race.
• 我们乘着独木舟向河的下游而行。
  Wǒmen chéng zhe dúmùzhōu xiàng hé de xiàyóu ér xíng.
  We went down a river by canoe.
• 七月十七日，方舟停在亚美尼亚的山上。
  And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

Words starting with 舟

• 舟船zhōu chuánboat
• 舟山市Zhōu shān ShìZhoushan, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
• 舟曲县Zhōu qǔ XiànZhouqu, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州
• 舟山群岛Zhōu shān Qún dǎoZhoushan Island
• 舟车劳顿zhōu chē láo dùntravel-worn
• 舟山Zhōu shānsee 舟山市
• 舟曲Zhōu qǔsee 舟曲县

Words containing 舟

• 方舟fāng zhōuark
• 泛舟fàn zhōuto go boating
• 龙舟lóng zhōudragon boat; imperial boat
• 顺水推舟shùn shuǐ tuī zhōulit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's…
• 独木舟dú mù zhōudugout; canoe; kayak
• 同舟共济tóng zhōu gòng jìcross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests…
• 破釜沉舟pò fǔ chén zhōulit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom)…
• 扁舟piān zhōu(literary) small boat; skiff
• 操舟cāo zhōuto steer a boat
• 神舟Shén zhōuShenzhou (spacecraft); Hasee (computer manufacturer)
• 荡舟dàng zhōuto row a boat
• 兰舟lán zhōulit. boat made of lily magnolia wood; poetic term for boat
• 飞舟fēi zhōufast boat
• 天舟座Tiān zhōu zuòArgo (constellation, now divided into Carina 船底座 and Puppis 船尾座)
• 冲锋舟chōng fēng zhōuheavy-duty inflatable boat
• 赛龙舟sài lóng zhōuto race dragon boats
• 刻舟求剑kè zhōu qiú jiànlit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom)…
• 吴越同舟Wú Yuè tóng zhōuWu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals…
• 学海泛舟xué hǎi fàn zhōusailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
• 挪亚方舟Nuó yà fāng zhōuNoah's ark
• 木已成舟mù yǐ chéng zhōulit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)…
• 诺亚方舟Nuò yà fāng zhōuNoah's ark
• 载舟覆舟zài zhōu fù zhōuto carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or…
• 逆水行舟nì shuǐ xíng zhōulit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom)…

Characters that look like 舟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 并bìngand; furthermore; also
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 弄nòngto do; to manage; to handle
• 寿shòulong life; old age; age
• 卉huìplants

Sounds the same

Read zhōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 喌syllable
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