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船

chuán

HSK 2 Character Measure word 条、艘、只

What 船 means

1. boat
2. vessel
3. ship

Other readings

船 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chuánvariant of {船|chuán}

Example sentences

• 请上船！
  Qǐng shàng chuán!
  All aboard!
• 船丢了。
  The boat is lost.
• 船进港了。
  The ships reached port.
• 船起了火。
  The ship went up in flames.
• 你的船不大。
  Nǐ de chuán bù dà.
  Your boat is not big.
• 船逆流航行。
  Chuán nìliú hángxíng.
  The boat is going against the current.

Words starting with 船

• 船舶chuán bóshipping; boats
• 船长chuán zhǎngcaptain (of a boat); skipper
• 船只chuán zhīship; boat; vessel
• 船员chuán yuánsailor; crew member
• 船头chuán tóuthe bow or prow of a ship
• 船舱chuán cānghold of ship
• 船票chuán piàoship ticket
• 船夫chuán fūboatman
• 船队chuán duìfleet (of ships)
• 船尾chuán wěiback end of a ship; aft
• 船家chuán jiāperson who lives and makes a living on a boat; boatman; boat dweller
• 船工chuán gōngboatman; boat builder
• 船主chuán zhǔship's captain; owner of ship
• 船坞chuán wùdock; shipyard
• 船身chuán shēnhull; body of a ship
• 船舷chuán xiánthe sides of a ship; (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore…
• 船位chuán wèiship's position
• 船帮chuán bāngside of boat or ship; gunwale
• 船户chuán hùboatman; boat dweller
• 船方chuán fāngship (commerce)
• 船东chuán dōngship owner
• 船模chuán mómodel ship; model boat
• 船民chuán mínpeople who live and make a living on boats
• 船货chuán huòcargo

Words containing 船

• 划船huá chuánto row a boat; rowing; boating; small boat
• 轮船lún chuánsteamship; steamer; steamboat
• 飞船fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft; dirigible
• 小船xiǎo chuánboat
• 帆船fān chuánsailboat
• 上船shàng chuánto get on the boat
• 渔船yú chuánfishing boat
• 游船yóu chuánpleasure boat; cruise ship
• 乘船chéng chuánto embark; to travel by ship; to ferry
• 渡船dù chuánferry
• 造船zào chuánshipbuilding
• 沉船chén chuánshipwreck; sunken boat; sinking ship
• 木船mù chuánwooden boat
• 开船kāi chuánto set sail
• 宇宙飞船yǔ zhòu fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
• 商船shāng chuánmerchant ship
• 水涨船高shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāothe tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend…
• 货船huò chuáncargo ship; freighter
• 太空船tài kōng chuánspaceship
• 晕船yùn chuánto become seasick
• 战船zhàn chuánwarship
• 装船zhuāng chuánto load cargo onto a ship
• 贼船zéi chuánpirate ship; fig. venture of dubious merit; criminal gang
• 翻船fān chuánto capsize; (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 员yuán(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…
• 唤huànto call
• 喘chuǎnto gasp; to pant; asthma
• 喧xuānclamor; noise
• 啭zhuànto sing (of birds or insects); to warble; to chirp
• 肙yuāna small worm; to twist; to surround

Characters that look like 船

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

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 偿chángto repay; to compensate for; to recompense
• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
• 痫xiánepilepsy; insanity
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 骊líblack horse; jet steed; good horse

Sounds the same

Read chuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 传to pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 椽beam; rafter; classifier for rooms
• 遄to hurry; to go to and fro