轮 船 lún chuán steamship / steamer / ocean liner / ship / CL:艘[sou1] 船 boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1] 船 只 chuán zhī ship / boat / vessel 转 运 zhuǎn yùn to forward goods / to ship / to distribute / transshipment / a lucky break / change of fortune (for the better) 装 运 zhuāng yùn to ship / shipment 航 船 háng chuán ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service) 启 运 qǐ yùn to ship (goods) 航 boat / ship / craft / to navigate / to sail / to fly 舶 ship 舡 boat / ship 船 方 chuán fāng ship (commerce) 航 班 háng bān scheduled flight / flight number / plane / scheduled sailing / sailing number / passenger ship 出 货 chū huò to take money or valuables out of storage / to recover / to ship goods / to extract (chemicals from solution) 航 道 háng dào waterway / ship channel 失 事 shī shì (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up 包 房 bāo fáng compartment (of train, ship etc) / private room at restaurant / rented room for karaoke / hotel room rented by the hour 船 头 chuán tóu the bow or prow of a ship 乘 船 chéng chuán to embark / to travel by ship / to ferry 游 船 yóu chuán pleasure boat / cruise ship 船 舱 chuán cāng hold of ship 驶 入 shǐ rù (of a car, ship, train etc) to enter 沉 船 chén chuán shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship 引 水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) 商 船 shāng chuán merchant ship 客 轮 kè lún passenger ship 功 亏 一 篑 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) 船 票 chuán piào ship ticket 货 船 huò chuán cargo ship / freighter 船 身 chuán shēn hull / body of a ship 船 体 chuán tǐ hull / body of a ship 货 轮 huò lún freighter / cargo ship / CL:艘[sou1] 装 船 zhuāng chuán to load cargo onto a ship 航 向 háng xiàng course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in) 停 靠 站 tíng kào zhàn bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover 船 尾 chuán wěi back end of a ship / aft 巨 轮 jù lún large ship / large wheel 航 速 háng sù speed (of ship or plane) 汽 笛 qì dí steam whistle / ship horn 倾 角 qīng jiǎo dip / angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal) / tilt (inclination of ship from vertical) 运 输 船 yùn shū chuán transport ship 空 载 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) 船 舷 chuán xián sides of a ship / ship's railing / fig. the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges 贼 船 zéi chuán pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction 客 船 kè chuán passenger ship 装 货 zhuāng huò to load sth onto a ship etc 赛 艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 海 船 hǎi chuán seagoing ship 运 输 舰 yùn shū jiàn transport ship 航 模 háng mó model plane or ship 船 东 chuán dōng ship owner 租 船 zū chuán to charter a ship / to take a vessel on rent 船 主 chuán zhǔ ship's captain / owner of ship 漕 运 cáo yùn (old) to transport by water / to ship grain as tax 班 轮 bān lún regular passenger or cargo ship / regular steamship service 楼 船 lóu chuán ship with several decks / turreted junk 集 装 箱 船 jí zhuāng xiāng chuán container ship 母 机 mǔ jī machine tool / mother ship 油 船 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship 幽 灵 船 yōu líng chuán phantom ship 巡 弋 xún yì cruise / patrol by a ship 舷 梯 xián tī gangway / ramp (to board a ship or plane) 补 给 舰 bǔ jǐ jiàn supply ship 号 ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people 树 倒 猢 狲 散 shù dǎo hú sūn sàn When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom) / fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship. 船 帮 chuán bāng side of boat or ship / gunwale 补 给 船 bǔ jǐ chuán supply ship 包 船 bāo chuán to charter a ship 艇 vessel / small ship 舱 cabin / the hold of a ship or airplane 舷 side of a ship or an aircraft 舻 bow of ship 艏 bow of a ship 駮 variant of 駁|驳, variegated / heterogeneous / to refute / to contradict / to ship by barge / a barge / a lighter (ship) 艎 fast ship / see 艅艎, large warship 船 到 桥 门 自 会 直 chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem / no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom) 迷 航 mí háng off course / lost (of ship or plane) / having lost one's way 靶 船 bǎ chuán target ship 艬 large ship 渡 轮 船 dù lún chuán ferry ship 母 船 mǔ chuán mother ship 桅 竿 wéi gān ship mast / mast / also written 桅杆 幽 浮 yōu fú UFO (loanword) / unidentified flying object / space ship 中 国 船 舶 重 工 集 团 公 司 Zhōng guó Chuán bó Zhòng gōng Jí tuán Gōng sī China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC) 亚 罗 号 Yà luó Hào the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War) 包 乘 bāo chéng to charter (a car, ship, plane) 小 洞 不 堵 沉 大 船 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship. 尾 流 wěi liú wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc) / slipstream 征 帆 zhēng fān expedition ship 弃 船 qì chuán to abandon ship 母 港 mǔ gǎng home port (of a ship or fleet) 登 轮 dēng lún to board a ship 统 舱 tǒng cāng common passenger accommodation in the hold of a ship / steerage 考 察 船 kǎo chá chuán survey ship 船 到 桥 门 ， 自 会 直 chuán dào qiáo mén , zì huì zhí lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem / no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom) 船 到 江 心 ， 补 漏 迟 chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom) 船 到 码 头 ， 车 到 站 chuán dào mǎ tóu , chē dào zhàn The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station. / The job is over, it's time to relax. (idiom) 船 舵 chuán duò rudder / helm of a ship 误 上 贼 船 wù shàng zéi chuán lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure 赛 船 sài chuán boat race / racing ship or boat 运 出 yùn chū shipment / to dispatch / to ship out / to send
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