船

The character "船" has 11 strokes. "船" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "船" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "船" are "chuán" . View the stroke order of "船">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "船"

n.: boat; ship; vessel

• boat : n.舟；小船；帆船；划子；调味汁盆；卤汁船形盆；大客轮；大小不等的船
• ship : n.海船；轮船；宇宙飞船；三桅帆船；船；艇；飞机
• vessel : n.船；舰；容器；器皿；管；脉管；血管；人；导管

Form words with "船"

摆渡船 ferryboat

挖掘船 dredger

钻井船 oil rig

顺水船 downstream boat

海员船 crewboat

折叠船 collapsible boat; faltboat; foldboat; folding boat

牛皮船 cowhide boat

守护船 standby vessel

船具商 ship's chandler

巡逻船 patrol boat

姊妹船 sister ship

垃圾船 trash boat

出租船 water taxi

香蕉船 banana boat

港务船 harbour (service) boat

领航船 pilot boat/vessel

阴沟里翻船 capsize in a drain—suffer a defeat/setback which one least expects

海监船 marine surveillance ship

船尾部 quarter

排灌船 irrigating vessel

Example phrases using "船"

• 得知你的船平安返港，非常高兴。

  I am very happy to learn that your ship has returned to the port safe and sound.

• 那艘船在暴风雨中安然返航了。

  The ship came safely home through the storm.

• 乘客都上船之后，船就开航了。

  When everybody was on board, the boat set sail.

• 这条船在港口停了好几天了。

  The ship has been lying at anchor in the harbour for quite a few days.

• 这艘船被敌人的鱼雷击沉了。

  The ship was sunk by an enemy torpedo.

• 那艘船终于闯过了那场风暴。

  The ship finally rode out the storm.

• 这艘船偏离航道约95公里。

  The ship had strayed about 95 kms off course.

• 船速20节的船每小时能航行20海里。

  A ship with 20-knot speed can go 20 nautical miles an hour.

• 风太大，船无法准时出航。

  The ship was unable to set sail on schedule on account of the gale.

• 雷达的第二次扫描确定了那条船的位置。

  The next scan of the radar confirmed the ship’s location.