经 經 jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn 出口 chū kǒu an exit / CL:個|个[ge4] / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port syn 驾驶 駕駛 jià shǐ to drive (vehicle) / to pilot (ship, airplane etc) / driver / pilot / captain syn 频道 頻道 pín dào frequency / (television) channel syn 通道 tōng dào (communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage syn 管道 guǎn dào tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means 途径 途徑 tú jìng way / means / channel syn 渠道 qú dào irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means syn 失事 shī shì (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up 灌输 灌輸 guàn shū to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place syn 船只 船隻 chuán zhī ship / boat / vessel syn 航向 háng xiàng course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in) 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade 沉船 chén chuán shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship 船尾 chuán wěi back end of a ship / aft 货船 貨船 huò chuán cargo ship / freighter 船舱 船艙 chuán cāng hold of ship 船头 船頭 chuán tóu the bow or prow of a ship 油轮 油輪 yóu lún tanker (ship) / CL:艘[sou1] 海峡 海峽 hǎi xiá strait / channel 船体 船體 chuán tǐ hull / body of a ship 纳入 納入 nà rù to bring into / to channel into / to integrate into / to incorporate 启航 啟航 qǐ háng (of a ship) to set sail / (of an airplane) to take off syn 阴沟 陰溝 yīn gōu sewer / underground drainage channel syn 搁浅 擱淺 gē qiǎn to be stranded (of ship) / to run aground / fig. to run into difficulties and stop syn 乘船 chéng chuán to embark / to travel by ship / to ferry 游船 遊船 yóu chuán pleasure boat / cruise ship syn 航程 háng chéng flight / voyage / distance traveled / range (of an airplane or ship) syn 汽笛 qì dí steam whistle / ship horn 掌舵 zhǎng duò to steer (a ship) syn 停泊 tíng bó to anchor / anchorage / mooring (of a ship) syn 驶入 駛入 shǐ rù (of a car, ship, train etc) to enter 起航 qǐ háng (of a ship) to set sail / (of an airplane) to take off syn 船身 chuán shēn hull / body of a ship 装货 裝貨 zhuāng huò to load sth onto a ship etc 泽西 澤西 zé xī Jersey (Channel Islands) 击沉 擊沉 jī chén to attack and sink (a ship) syn 装运 裝運 zhuāng yùn to ship / shipment 闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn 船票 chuán piào ship ticket 沟渠 溝渠 gōu qú channel / moat / irrigation canal syn 装船 裝船 zhuāng chuán to load cargo onto a ship 导入 導入 dǎo rù to introduce into / to channel / to lead / to guide into / to import (data) 商船 shāng chuán merchant ship 功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) syn 船主 chuán zhǔ ship's captain / owner of ship 货轮 貨輪 huò lún freighter / cargo ship / CL:艘[sou1] 赛艇 賽艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 通路 tōng lù thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel syn 信道 xìn dào (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them 大副 dà fù first mate / first officer (of a ship) 贼船 賊船 zéi chuán pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction 河道 hé dào river course / river channel syn 触礁 觸礁 chù jiāo (of a ship) to strike a reef / (fig.) to hit a snag 英吉利海峡 英吉利海峽 yīng jí lì hǎi xiá English Channel 声道 聲道 shēng dào sound track / audio channel 航速 háng sù speed (of ship or plane) 轮机 輪機 lún jī turbine (abbr. for 渦輪機|涡轮机[wo1lun2ji1]) / engine (of a ship) syn 舰载 艦載 jiàn zài shipboard (radar system etc) / ship-based / carrier-based (aircraft) 油船 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship 龙骨 龍骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) syn 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 运输船 運輸船 yùn shū chuán transport ship 船舷 chuán xián the sides of a ship / (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges 经脉 經脈 jīng mài channel of TCM syn 调拨 調撥 diào bō to send (products) / to allocate / to commit (funds) / to channel (goods) syn 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 巨轮 巨輪 jù lún large ship / large wheel 客船 kè chuán passenger ship 航船 háng chuán ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service) 倾角 傾角 qīng jiǎo dip / angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal) / tilt (inclination of ship from vertical) syn 海船 hǎi chuán seagoing ship 客轮 客輪 kè lún passenger ship 母机 母機 mǔ jī machine tool / mother ship syn 舷梯 xián tī gangway / ramp (to board a ship or plane) 运输舰 運輸艦 yùn shū jiàn transport ship 航模 háng mó model plane or ship 船东 船東 chuán dōng ship owner syn 班轮 班輪 bān lún regular passenger or cargo ship / regular steamship service 二副 èr fù second officer (of ship) / second mate 试航 試航 shì háng test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship) 出货 出貨 chū huò to take money or valuables out of storage / to recover / to ship goods / to extract (chemicals from solution) 下水 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot syn 包房 bāo fáng compartment (of train, ship etc) / private room at restaurant / rented room for karaoke / hotel room rented by the hour 引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) syn 续航 續航 xù háng (of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling / (of an electronic device, battery etc) to run before needing to be recharged 停靠站 tíng kào zhàn bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover 反舰导弹 反艦導彈 fǎn jiàn dǎo dàn anti-ship missile 空载 空載 kōng zài (of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil) 租船 zū chuán to charter a ship / to take a vessel on rent 舰桥 艦橋 jiàn qiáo bridge (of a naval ship) 漕运 漕運 cáo yùn (old) to transport by water / to ship grain as tax syn 转台 轉台 zhuǎn tái to change the channel (TV) 启运 啟運 qǐ yùn to ship (goods) syn 楼船 樓船 lóu chuán ship with several decks / turreted junk 集装箱船 集裝箱船 jí zhuāng xiāng chuán container ship 明渠 míng qú (open, uncovered) water channel / canal 船首 chuán shǒu ship's bow 幽灵船 幽靈船 yōu líng chuán phantom ship