- 船chuánboat; ship; vesselHSK 3
- 船上chuán shàngon board (a ship); on the shipHSK 7-9
- 码头mǎ tóudock; pier; wharfHSK 6
- 舰队jiàn duìfleet (of warships or ships); naval forceHSK 7-9
- 游艇yóu tǐngyacht, pleasure boatHSK 7-9
- 登陆dēng lùto land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon, etc.); (often as a mistaken variant of 登录) to log inHSK 7-9
- 港口gǎng kǒuport; harborHSK 6
- 甲板jiǎ bǎndeck (of a ship)HSK 7-9
- 航háng(bound form) navigation; to navigate (by water or air); related to ships, boats, or aircraftHSK 7-9
- 航行háng xíngto sail (by ship); to fly (by aircraft); to navigate (general)HSK 7-9
- 潜艇qián tǐngsubmarineHSK 7-9
- 水下shuǐ xiàunderwater; submergedHSK 7-9
- 航线háng xiànairline route; shipping route; flight pathHSK 7-9
- 水上shuǐ shàngaquatic; on water (used as a modifier before nouns)HSK 7-9
- 出海chū hǎito go out to sea; to put out to seaHSK 7-9
- 泊bóto moor (a ship); to be at anchor; to park (a vehicle)HSK 7-9
- 方舟fāng zhōuNoah's Ark; ark; tandem ships (two boats lashed together)HSK 7-9
- 舷xiánside of a ship or aircraftHSK 7-9
- 舱门cāng mén(hatch/cabin) door of an aircraft, spacecraft, or shipHSK 7-9
- 战舰zhàn jiànwarshipHSK 7-9
- 划船huá chuánto row a boat, to paddle a boatHSK 7-9
- 航海háng hǎito sail, to navigate (the seas)HSK 7-9
- 帆fānsail (of a boat)HSK 7-9
- 舵duòrudder; helmHSK 7-9
- 下水xià shuito enter the water (of a person or animal); to be launched (of a ship); (figurative) to go astray, to take to wrongdoingHSK 7-9
- 船只chuán zhīship, vessel (collective term for boats and ships)HSK 6
- 坐船zuò chuánto take a boat; to go by boatHSK 7-9
- 帆船fān chuánsailboatHSK 7-9
- 沉没chén méi(of ships) to sink, to founder; (figurative) to remain obscure and insignificant, to be lost from public viewHSK 7-9
- 抛锚pāo máoto drop anchor, to cast anchor; (of a vehicle) to break downHSK 7-9
- 小船xiǎo chuánsmall boatHSK 7-9
- 航道háng dào(noun) navigable waterway; shipping channel; (aviation) air routeHSK 7-9
- 艇tǐngboat (as a bound form in compounds)HSK 7-9
- 漂流piāo liúto drift, to float (physically on water or metaphorically in life)HSK 7-9
- 锚máoanchorHSK 7-9
- 坞wù(bound form) dock, shipyard; (bound form, literary) hollow, depressionHSK 7-9
- 下船xià chuánto disembark, to go ashore (from a ship)HSK 7-9
- 渡轮dù lúnferry (boat)HSK 7-9
- 桨jiǎngoar; paddleHSK 7-9
- 沉船chén chuánshipwreck (the event of a ship sinking); sunken ship (the wreckage)HSK 7-9
- 船坞chuán wùdock; shipyardHSK 7-9
- 开船kāi chuánto set sail; to sail (a boat)HSK 7-9
- 船尾chuán wěistern (of a boat or ship)HSK 7-9
- 泰坦尼克号Tài tǎn ní kè hàoRMS Titanic (British passenger liner that sank in 1912)HSK 7-9
- 货船huò chuánfreighter, cargo shipHSK 7-9
- 海港hǎi gǎngseaport, harborHSK 7-9
- 潜水艇qián shuǐ tǐngsubmarineHSK 7-9
- 船舱chuán cāngship's hold; cabin (on a ship)HSK 7-9
- 油轮yóu lúnoil tankerHSK 7-9
- 船头chuán tóubow (of a ship); prowHSK 7-9
- 渔船yú chuánfishing boatHSK 7-9
- 靠岸kào ànto dock, to pull into shore (of a ship or boat)HSK 7-9
- 浮标fú biāobuoyHSK 7-9
- 渡船dù chuánferryboat; ferryHSK 7-9
- 上岸shàng ànto go ashore, to land; (slang) to secure a stable job in the public sector (e.g., pass the civil service exam or obtain a government position)HSK 7-9
- 船体chuán tīhull (of a ship or boat)HSK 7-9
- 救生艇jiù shēng tǐnglifeboatHSK 7-9
- 快艇kuài tǐngspeedboat, motorboatHSK 7-9
- 纤qiàn(bound form) towline, rope for pulling a boatHSK 7-9
- 舟zhōu(literary, written form) boat, shipHSK 7-9