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"imperial boat" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
龙舟 龍舟 lóng zhōu dragon boat / imperial boat syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
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
皇朝 huáng cháo the imperial court / the government in imperial 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
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field 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
庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple 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
翰林 hàn lín refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
宗室 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine syn
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
宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid / imperial secretary (old)
国子监 國子監 guó zǐ jiàn Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
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
石狮子 石獅子 shí shī zi guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
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
庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial 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
第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
皇后 huáng hòu empress / imperial consort syn
帝国 帝國 dì guó empire / imperial syn
皇家 huáng jiā royal / imperial household syn
皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn
老友 lǎo yǒu old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) syn
参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn
盎司 àng sī ounce (British imperial system) (loanword) syn
皇宫 皇宮 huáng gōng imperial palace syn
娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
首选 首選 shǒu xuǎn first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
皇上 huáng shang the emperor / Your majesty the emperor / His imperial majesty syn
免税 免稅 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop)
侍卫 侍衛 shì wèi Imperial bodyguard syn
皇族 huáng zú the imperial family / royal kin syn
王宫 王宮 wáng gōng imperial palace syn
天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven syn
朝廷 cháo tíng court / imperial household / dynasty syn
御医 御醫 yù yī imperial physician syn
御用 禦用 yù yòng for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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