Keyword
boat
- ship
- Frequency
- #2575
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
zhōu
Mnemonic
A boat
Stroke order
Used in characters
般sort航craft船boat盘tray舰warship艇boat艘classifier for ships舱cabin舶ship舵helm舷bulwarks舢sampan舻bow of ship舫2 boats lashed together艉aft艏bow of a ship艚junk艄stern of boat舨sampan舾equipment onboard a ship舸barge艟Taiwan pr. tóng舳poopdeck舣to moor a boat舭bilge舡boat艨a long narrow war-boat舲houseboat舴dinghy艅dispatch boat艋small boat艎fast boat
Used in vocabulary
方舟
ark
龙舟
dragon boat; imperial boat
舟
boat
神舟
Shenzhou (spacecraft); Hasee (computer manufacturer)
独木舟
dugout; canoe; kayak
泛舟
to go boating
舟山市
Zhoushan, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省 (ZhèjiāngShěng)
同舟共济
cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests; obliged to collaborate towards common goals
诺亚方舟
Noah's ark
破釜沉舟
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats
木已成舟
lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be undone
扁舟
(literary) small boat; skiff
风雨同舟
lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
舟桥
pontoon bridge; floating bridge
顺水推舟
lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
逆水行舟
lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom); fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)
赛龙舟
to race dragon boats
舟山群岛
Zhoushan Island
舟曲县
Zhouqu, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州 (GānnánZàngzúZìzhìzhōu), Gansu
冲锋舟
heavy-duty inflatable boat
舟车劳顿
travel-worn
刻舟求剑
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
舟船
boat
荡舟
to row a boat