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 过渡 過渡 guò dù to cross over (by ferry) / transition / interim / caretaker (administration) 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 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 渡船 dù chuán ferry syn 乘船 chéng chuán to embark / to travel by ship / to ferry 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 接送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth syn 渡口 dù kǒu ferry crossing 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 轮渡 輪渡 lún dù ferry 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) 摆渡 擺渡 bǎi dù ferry syn 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 船工 chuán gōng boatman / boat builder 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 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 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 渡头 渡頭 dù tóu ferry crossing point 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 渡 dù to cross / to pass through / to ferry 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 津 jīn saliva / sweat / a ferry crossing / a ford (river crossing) syn 舟 zhōu boat syn 沆 hàng a ferry / fog / flowing 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 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 渡轮船 渡輪船 dù lún chuán ferry ship 国内线 國內線 guó nèi xiàn domestic flight / internal line (air, train, ferry etc) 天星码头 天星碼頭 tiān xīng mǎ tóu Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong 津梁 jīn liáng lit. ferry bridge / fig. interim measure over some difficulty / a guide 滚装滚卸渡船 滾裝滾卸渡船 gǔn zhuāng gǔn xiè dù chuán roll-on / roll-off ferry 载车 載車 zài chē onboard (equipment) / to ferry cars / missile trucks 