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 马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl 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 木马 木馬 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) 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 木桩 木樁 mù zhuāng wooden pile / stake 板凳 bǎn dèng wooden bench or stool / CL:張|张[zhang1],條|条[tiao2] 乘务员 乘務員 chéng wù yuán attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc syn 木棍 mù gùn wooden stick 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 木制 木製 mù zhì wooden 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 夹板 夾板 jiā bǎn wooden boards used to press sth together / (medicine) splint 木屐 mù jī wooden clogs syn 木筏 mù fá wooden raft / log raft syn 木质 木質 mù zhì wooden 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 交椅 jiāo yǐ old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy syn 风帆 風帆 fēng fān sail / sailing boat syn 赛艇 賽艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 照本宣科 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading 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 棒槌 bàng chuí wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing) syn 木讷 木訥 mù nè wooden and slow of speech / slow-speeched / inarticulate / unsophisticated syn 巡逻艇 巡邏艇 xún luó tǐng patrol boat 龙舟 龍舟 lóng zhōu dragon boat / imperial boat syn 拖船 tuō chuán tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat syn 木剑 木劍 mù jiàn wooden sword 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 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 令牌 lìng pái (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 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 木器 mù qì wooden articles 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 三弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra 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 呆若木鸡 呆若木雞 dāi ruò mù jī lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom) / fig. dumbstruck syn 无表情 無表情 wú biǎo qíng expressionless / wooden (expression) / blank (face) 香包 xiāng bāo a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragon boat Festival 画舫 畫舫 huà fǎng decorated pleasure boat 梆子 bāng zi watchman's clapper / wooden clappers with bars of unequal length / abbr. for 梆子腔[bang1 zi5 qiang1] syn 斗拱 dǒu gǒng interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture 船家 chuán jiā person who lives and makes a living on a boat / boatman / boat dweller syn 大藏经 大藏經 dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea syn 胡琴 hú qin huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring 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 华容道 華容道 huá róng dào Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) 船舰 船艦 chuán jiàn navy vessel / (coast guard) patrol boat 木杆 木桿 mù gān wooden pole / wood (golf club) 龙船 龍船 lóng chuán dragon boat (used at 端午[Duan1 wu3], the Dragon Boat Festival) syn 板房 bǎn fáng temporary housing built with wooden planks or other makeshift materials 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 横木 橫木 héng mù horizontal beam / wooden crossbar / thwart 板壁 bǎn bì wooden partition 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 木 mù (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden 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 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 枷 jiā cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China) 鱼雷艇 魚雷艇 yú léi tǐng torpedo boat 摇船 搖船 yáo chuán to scull / to row a boat syn 俑 yǒng wooden figures buried with the dead 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 马勺 馬勺 mǎ sháo wooden ladle 