舟 zhōu

1. zhōu noun boat; ship
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Means of Transportation 交通工具
   Notes: This term applies to small boats, like canoes (CC-CEDICT '舟'; Guoyu '舟' n 1; Unihan '舟')
2. zhōu noun Kangxi radical 137
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '舟' n 3; Unihan '舟')
3. zhōu proper noun Zhou
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '舟' n 2)
4. zhōu verb to ride in a boat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '舟' v)

Contained in

• 载舟覆舟(載舟覆舟) to carry a boat or to overturn a boat; The people can support a regime or overturn it.
• 同舟共济(同舟共濟) cross a river in the same boat; having common interests
• 操舟 to steer a boat
• 荡舟(盪舟) to row a boat ; to rock a boat ; to row a boat
• 龙舟(龍舟) dragon boat; imperial boat
• 水能载舟，亦能覆舟(水能載舟，亦能覆舟) water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it; the people can support a regime or overturn it; if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm
• 方舟 ark
• 学海泛舟(學海泛舟) sailing on the sea of learning
• 吴越同舟(吳越同舟) Wu and Yue in the same boat; cooperation between natural rivals; to collaborate towards a common end
• 逆水行舟 a boat going against the current; you must work harder
• 破釜沉舟 break the cauldrons and sink the boats; to cut off one's means of retreat
• 轻舟(輕舟) a small and fast boat
• 求剑刻舟(求劍刻舟) to look for a sword from a notch in a boat
• 顺水推舟(順水推舟) to push the boat with the current; to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
• 同舟而济(同舟而濟) [two enemies] to cross a river in the same boat
• 刻舟求剑(刻舟求劍) an action made pointless by changed circumstances
• 破釜沈舟 to break the cauldrons and sink the boats; to cut off one's means of retreat
• 飞舟(飛舟) fast boat
• 舟车劳顿(舟車勞頓) travel-worn
• 舟子 sailor; boatman
• 学如逆水行舟，不进则退(學如逆水行舟，不進則退) Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back
• 契舟求剑(契舟求劍) to look for a sword from a notch in a boat
• 木已成舟 what is done cannot be undone
• 舟师(舟師) boat troops ; boatman
• 舟船 boat
• 焚舟破釜 burn the boats and breaks the cooking-pots; move decisively, leaving no path for retreat
• 借水行舟 to make use of water for navigating a boat; to use external capital for a business
• 舟次 a moor; a berth
• 舟楫 a boat ; an oar; paddle
• 天舟座 Argo
• 赛龙舟(賽龍舟) to race dragon boats
• 风雨同舟(風雨同舟) in the same boat under wind and rain; to stick together in hard times
• 划龙舟(划龍舟) to row a dragon boat
• 舟檝 a virtuous official ; an oar; paddle
• 扁舟 small boat; skiff
• 泛舟 to go boating
• 逆水行舟，不进则退(逆水行舟，不進則退) like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back
• 兰舟(蘭舟) boat made of lily magnolia wood; poetic term for boat
• 独木舟(獨木舟) canoe
• 漕舟 a canal boat
• 积羽沉舟(積羽沉舟) many feathers will sink a boat

Also contained in

神舟电脑 、 神舟 、 神舟号飞船 、 舟山 、 舟山群岛 、 舟曲 、 孟晚舟 、 舟曲县 、 舟山市

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• 卷二百十二 列傳第一百 俞大猷 戚繼光 劉顯 李錫 張元勳 Volume 212 Biographies 100: Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, Liu Xian, Li Xi, Zhang Yuanxun History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
• 《舟部》 Zhōu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 27
• 卷一百三十三 列傳第二十一 廖永安 俞通海 胡大海 耿再成 張德勝 趙德勝 桑世傑 茅成 胡深 孫興祖 曹良臣 濮英 Volume 133 Biographies 21: Liao Yongan, Yu Tonghai, Hu Dahai, Geng Zaicheng, Zhang Desheng, Zhao Desheng, Sang Shijie, Mao Cheng, Hu Shen, Sun Xingzu, Cao Liangchen, Pu Ying History of Ming 明史 — count: 26
• 卷一百七十五 志第一百二十八 食貨上三 Volume 175 Treatises 128: Finance and Economics 1c History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
• 卷八十六 志第六十二 河渠四 Volume 86 Treatises 62: Rivers and Canals 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 24
• 卷二十六 本紀第二十六 高宗三 Volume 26 Annals 26: Gaozong 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 23
• 卷三百二十二 列傳第二百一十 外國三 日本 Volume 322 Biographies 210: Foreign States 3 - Japan History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
• 卷五十三　　　　志第四十三　　食貨三 Volume 53 Treatises 49: Finance and Economics 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 19
• 卷一百二十三 列傳第十一 陳友諒 張士誠 方國珍 明玉珍 Volume 123 Biographies 11: Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, Ming Yuzhen History of Ming 明史 — count: 18
• 卷三百六十八 列傳第一百二十七 王德 王彥 魏勝 張憲 楊再興 牛皋 胡閎休 Volume 368 Biographies 127: Wang De, Wang Yan, Wei Sheng, Zhang Xian, Yang Zaixing, Niu Gao, Hu Hongxiu History of Song 宋史 — count: 18

Collocations

• 舟车 (舟車) 舟車不飾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 26
• 乘舟 (乘舟) 二子乘舟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧二子乘舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Er Zi Cheng Zhou — count: 17
• 柏舟 (柏舟) 柏舟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧柏舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Bo Zhou — count: 14
• 华舟 (華舟) 而杞梁華舟獨不與焉 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷四 立節 Chapter 4: Personal Integrity — count: 9
• 舟中 (舟中) 則在舟中矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 7
• 覆舟 (覆舟) 命舟牧覆舟 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 6
• 舟战 (舟戰) 昔者楚人與越人舟戰於江 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十三 魯問 Book 13 - Lu's Question — count: 5
• 吞舟 (吞舟) 吞舟之魚 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
• 舟曰 (舟曰) 或謂子舟曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
• 子舟 (子舟) 或謂子舟曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4