| 船舶 | chuán bó | shipping / boats |   |
| 游弋 | yóu yì | (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc | |
| 破釜沉舟 | pò fǔ chén zhōu | lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats | |
| 草船借箭 | cǎo chuán jiè jiàn | lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends | |
| 赛龙舟 | sài lóng zhōu | to race dragon boats | |
| 船民 | chuán mín | people who live and make a living on boats | |
| 叶 |  yè | leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats | |
| 舫 | fǎng | 2 boats lashed together / large boat | |
| 篙 | gāo | pole for punting boats | |
| 艕 | bàng | two boats fastened side by side | |
| 暗桩 | àn zhuāng | submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy | |
| 木椆 | mù zhòu | type of wood used to make punting poles for boats (old) | |
