船 chuán
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chuán
noun
boat; ship; watercraft
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Means of Transportation 交通工具
Notes: For example, 渔妇的船就停在河边 'The fisherwoman's boat stopped at the side of the river.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 24; CC-CEDICT '船'; Guoyu '船' 1; Unihan '船') -
chuán
noun
a vessel
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A vessel in the shape of a boat; for example, 太空船 spaceship (CC-CEDICT '船'; Guoyu '船' 1; Unihan '船')
Contained in
- 龙船(龍船) dragon boat
- 海监船(海監船) naval surveillance vessel; maritime patrol boat
- 船位 ship's position
- 客船 passenger ship
- 大船 a ship
- 船工 boatman; boat builder
- 巡逻船(巡邏船) patrol vessel; cutter
- 战船(戰船) warship
- 汽船 steamboat
- 摇橹船(搖櫓船) boat propelled by a yuloh (a single sculling oar)
- 行船 to sail a boat; to navigate a boat
- 测量船(測量船) survey vessel
- 船缆(船纜) ship's hawser; rigging
- 船民 people who live and make a living on boats
- 船户(船戶) boatman; boat dweller
- 检疫船只(檢疫船隻) ship in quarantine
- 舰船(艦船) warship
- 捕鲸船(捕鯨船) whaler; whale catcher
- 船运业(船運業) shipping
- 集装箱船(集裝箱船) container ship
- 小洞不堵沉大船 A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
- 船舷 sides of a ship; ship's railing
- 船帆 sail
- 乘船 to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry
- 兵船 a warship
- 运输船(運輸船) transport ship
- 撑船(撐船) to punt; to pole a boat
- 邮船(郵船) mailboat; ocean liner
- 船袜(船襪) ankle socks; invisible socks
- 冰船 ice breaker (ship)
- 充气船(充氣船) inflatable boat
- 溪船 a river raft
- 暗轮汽船(暗輪汽船) a screw steamer
- 顺水推船(順水推船) to push the boat with the current; to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
- 赛龙船(賽龍船) dragon-boat race
- 火轮船(火輪船) steamboat
- 阴沟里翻船(陰溝裡翻船) to meet with unexpected failure; to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
- 船坞(船塢) (maritime) dock
- 弃船(棄船) to abandon ship
- 船尾 the back end of a ship; aft
- 船体(船體) hull; body of a ship
- 货船(貨船) cargo ship; freighter
- 船主 ship's captain; owner of ship
- 浚泥船 dredger
- 船到江心，补漏迟(船到江心，補漏遲) It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river.
Also contained in
神舟号飞船 、 水船 、 中国船舶工业集团 、 福船 、 库克船长 、 船山
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第八十回 Chapter 80 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 83
- 第一百十一回 Chapter 111 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 48
- 第十九回 Chapter 19 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 40
- 第四十九回 Chapter 49 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 39
- 第三十七回 Chapter 37 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 39
- 第五十一回 Chapter 51 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 37
- 第九回 Chapter 9 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 35
- 第二十回 Chapter 20 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 30
- 第四十一回 Chapter 41 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 28
- 第四十三回 Chapter 43 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 25
Collocations
- 船人 (船人) 船人救之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十七 雜言 Chapter 17: Open Discussion — count: 12
- 船行 (船行) 合浦船行可五月 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十八下 地理志 Volume 28b: Treatise on Geography 2 — count: 7
- 船中 (船中) 桓公與宋夫人飲船中 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君大匡第十八 Chapter 18: Correcting a Ruler from Making a Grave Error — count: 7
- 用船 (用船) 君子用船 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 4
- 船欲 (船欲) 是謂猶釋船欲蹍水也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九 脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 4
- 方船 (方船) 方船濟乎江 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 3
- 车船 (車船) 民以車船載穀入關者 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八 宣帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xuan — count: 3
- 益发船 (益發船) 乃益發船 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3
- 船车 (船車) 載於船車 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷三 建本 Chapter 3: Building a Foundation — count: 2
- 治船 (治船) 築倉治船 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十四上 食貨志 Volume 24a: Treatise on Trade 1 — count: 2