pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
舟 
舟 
zhou1 
 
 
boat 
 
 
strokes 
6 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
0 
 
操舟 
操舟 
cao1 zhou1 
 
 
to steer a boat 
 
荡舟 
蕩舟 
dang4 zhou1 
 
 
to row a boat 
 
独木舟 
獨木舟 
du2 mu4 zhou1 
 
 
dugout; canoe; kayak 
 
泛舟 
泛舟 
fan4 zhou1 
 
 
to go boating 
 
方舟 
方舟 
fang1 zhou1 
 
 
ark 
 
飞舟 
飛舟 
fei1 zhou1 
 
 
fast boat 
 
风雨同舟 
風雨同舟 
feng1 yu3 tong2 zhou1 
 
 
lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times 
 
刻舟求剑 
刻舟求劍 
ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4 
 
 
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances 
 
兰舟 
蘭舟 
lan2 zhou1 
 
 
lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood; poetic term for boat 
 
龙舟 
龍舟 
long2 zhou1 
 
 
dragon boat; imperial boat 
 
木已成舟 
木已成舟 
mu4 yi3 cheng2 zhou1 
 
 
lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be undone 
 
逆水行舟 
逆水行舟 
ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1 
 
 
lit. a boat going against the current (idiom); fig. you must work harder 
 
逆水行舟,不进则退 
逆水行舟,不進則退 
ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1 - bu4 jin4 ze2 tui4 
 
 
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom) 
 
扁舟 
扁舟 
pian1 zhou1 
 
 
small boat; skiff 
 
破釜沉舟 
破釜沉舟 
po4 fu3 chen2 zhou1 
 
 
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats 
 
赛龙舟 
賽龍舟 
sai4 long2 zhou1 
 
 
to race dragon boats 
 
神舟 
神舟 
shen2 zhou1 
 
 
Shenzhou (spacecraft); Hasee (computer manufacturer) 
 
神舟电脑 
神舟電腦 
shen2 zhou1 dian4 nao3 
 
 
Hasee (computer manufacturer) 
 
神舟号飞船 
神舟號飛船 
shen2 zhou1 hao4 fei1 chuan2 
 
 
Shenzhou (spacecraft) 
 
水能载舟,亦能覆舟 
水能載舟,亦能覆舟 
shui3 neng2 zai4 zhou1 - yi4 neng2 fu4 zhou1 
 
 
lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb); fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it; if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm; things can be double-edged 
 
顺水推舟 
順水推舟 
shun4 shui3 tui1 zhou1 
 
 
lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit 
 
天舟座 
天舟座 
tian1 zhou1 zuo4 
 
 
Argo (constellation, now divided into Carina 船底座 and Puppis 船尾座) 
 
同舟共济 
同舟共濟 
tong2 zhou1 gong4 ji4 
 
 
cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests; obliged to collaborate towards common goals 
 
吴越同舟 
吳越同舟 
wu2 yue4 tong2 zhou1 
 
 
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals; to collaborate towards a common end; in the same boat together 
 
学海泛舟 
學海泛舟 
xue2 hai3 fan4 zhou1 
 
 
sailing on the sea of learning (idiom) 
 
学如逆水行舟,不进则退 
學如逆水行舟,不進則退 
xue2 ru2 ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1 - bu4 jin4 ze2 tui4 
 
 
Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back 
 
载舟覆舟 
載舟覆舟 
zai4 zhou1 fu4 zhou1 
 
 
to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it. 
 
舟车劳顿 
舟車勞頓 
zhou1 che1 lao2 dun4 
 
 
travel-worn 
 
舟曲 
舟曲 
zhou1 qu3 
 
 
Zhugqu or Zhouqu county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu 
 
舟曲县 
舟曲縣 
zhou1 qu3 xian4 
 
 
Zhugqu or Zhouqu county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu 
 
舟山 
舟山 
zhou1 shan1 
 
 
Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands); formerly Dinghai 定海 
 
舟山群岛 
舟山群島 
zhou1 shan1 qun2 dao3 
 
 
Zhoushan Island 
 
舟山市 
舟山市 
zhou1 shan1 shi4 
 
 
Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands); formerly Dinghai 定海