船长 船長 chuán zhǎng captain (of a boat) / skipper 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 甲板 jiǎ bǎn deck (of a boat etc) 划船 huá chuán to row a boat / rowing / boating / small boat syn 船只 船隻 chuán zhī ship / boat / vessel syn 小船 xiǎo chuán boat syn 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 渡轮 渡輪 dù lún ferry boat syn 沉船 chén chuán shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship 龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn 乘务员 乘務員 chéng wù yuán attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc syn 渔船 漁船 yú chuán fishing boat / CL:條|条[tiao2] 靠岸 kào àn (of a boat) to reach the shore / to pull toward shore / close to shore / landfall 游船 遊船 yóu chuán pleasure boat / cruise ship syn 漂泊 piāo bó (of a boat) to float / to drift / to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam / to lead a wandering existence syn 木已成舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone syn 划艇 huá tǐng rowing boat / racing row-boat 汽艇 qì tǐng motor boat syn 同舟共济 同舟共濟 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals syn 停放 tíng fàng to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place) syn 驶往 駛往 shǐ wǎng (of a vehicle, boat etc) to travel to / to head for 风帆 風帆 fēng fān sail / sailing boat syn 赛艇 賽艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 初来乍到 初來乍到 chū lái zhà dào to be a newcomer / just off the boat 顺水推舟 順水推舟 shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit syn 推力 tuī lì driving force / impetus / thrust (of a boat or airplane engine) / repelling force 巡逻艇 巡邏艇 xún luó tǐng patrol boat 龙舟 龍舟 lóng zhōu dragon boat / imperial boat syn 木船 mù chuán wooden boat 拖船 tuō chuán tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat syn 风雨同舟 風雨同舟 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom) / fig. to stick together in hard times syn 水涨船高 水漲船高 shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom) / fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation syn 扁舟 piān zhōu (literary) small boat / skiff syn 难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nàn xiōng nàn dì brothers in hardship (idiom) / fellow sufferers / in the same boat syn 端午节 端午節 duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn 行船 xíng chuán to sail a boat / to navigate syn 补票 補票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater 施工单位 施工單位 shī gōng dān wèi unit in charge of construction / builder 上船 shàng chuán to get on the boat 香包 xiāng bāo a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragon boat Festival 画舫 畫舫 huà fǎng decorated pleasure boat 建筑工人 建築工人 jiàn zhù gōng rén construction worker / builder 船家 chuán jiā person who lives and makes a living on a boat / boatman / boat dweller syn 逆水行舟 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom) / fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard) syn 船舰 船艦 chuán jiàn navy vessel / (coast guard) patrol boat 龙船 龍船 lóng chuán dragon boat (used at 端午[Duan1 wu3], the Dragon Boat Festival) syn 休戚相关 休戚相關 xiū qī xiāng guān to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat syn 脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time 荡舟 蕩舟 dàng zhōu to row a boat 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 帮 幫 bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society syn 船 chuán boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 搭 dā to put up / to build (scaffolding) / to hang (clothes on a pole) / to connect / to join / to arrange in pairs / to match / to add / to throw in (resources) / to take (boat, train) / variant of 褡[da1] syn 幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn 湾 灣 wān bay / gulf / to cast anchor / to moor (a boat) syn 航 háng boat / ship / craft / to navigate / to sail / to fly syn 驶 駛 shǐ (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast / to speed / (of a vehicle) to run / to go / (of a boat) to sail syn 舟 zhōu boat syn 鱼雷艇 魚雷艇 yú léi tǐng torpedo boat 摇船 搖船 yáo chuán to scull / to row a boat syn 艄 shāo stern of boat syn 雄黄酒 雄黃酒 xióng huáng jiǔ realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]) 刻舟求剑 刻舟求劍 kè zhōu qiú jiàn lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom) / fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances syn 船帮 船幫 chuán bāng side of boat or ship / gunwale syn 鱼船 魚船 yú chuán fishing boat / same as 漁船|渔船 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 舫 fǎng 2 boats lashed together / large boat syn 淦 gàn (archaic) water leaking into a boat / historically, the name of a river in Jiangxi / (neologism) to fuck (euphemistic variant of 幹|干[gan4]) 舳 zhú poopdeck / stern of boat 棹 櫂 zhào oar (archaic) / scull / paddle / to row / a boat syn 艖 chā raft / boat 五月节 五月節 wǔ yuè jié Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn 汨罗 汨羅 mì luó Miluo city in Hunan / Miluo river in Hunan, famous for Dragon Boat festival 舡 gāng boat / ship syn 舲 líng small boat with windows 舣 艤 yǐ to moor a boat to the bank 吴越同舟 吳越同舟 wú yuè tóng zhōu Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom) / fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together 载舟覆舟 載舟覆舟 zài zhōu fù zhōu to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom) / fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it. 艭 shuāng boat 浮家泛宅 fú jiā fàn zhái lit. to live on a boat / to drift from place to place (idiom) 顺水推船 順水推船 shùn shuǐ tuī chuán lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit 营造商 營造商 yíng zào shāng builder / contractor 兰舟 蘭舟 lán zhōu lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood / poetic term for boat 赛船 賽船 sài chuán boat race / racing ship or boat 纤手 縴手 qiàn shǒu boat tracker / boat puller / broker / middleman 簸荡 簸蕩 bǒ dàng to be tossed around (like a boat on a rough sea) syn 导航员 導航員 dǎo háng yuán navigator (on a plane or boat) 舵把 duò bǎ tiller of a boat 舺 xiá boat / Taiwan pr. [jia3] 艗 yì bow of a Chinese boat 前甲板 qián jiǎ bǎn forward deck (of a boat) 摇橹 搖櫓 yáo lǔ to scull (with a single oar, usually mounted on the stern of the boat) 救生艇甲板 jiù shēng tǐng jiǎ bǎn boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored) 泷船 瀧船 lóng chuán boat or raft adapted to handle rapids / white-water raft 石舫 shí fǎng Marble Boat, famous pavilion 卧舱 臥艙 wò cāng sleeping cabin on a boat or train 船到桥头自然直 船到橋頭自然直 chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb) / fig. everything will be all right 船户 船戶 chuán hù boatman / boat dweller syn 艅艎 yú huáng (literary) a type of warship used in the Spring and Autumn period / magnificent large boat 