舟

zhōu

HSK 2.0 Level 6

Definitions

1. boat

Example Sentences

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駱駝是沙漠之 舟 。

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Words Containing 舟

• 逆水行舟 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu: lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom)
• 操舟 cāo zhōu: to steer a boat
• 顺水推舟 shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu: lit. to push the boat with the current
• 荡舟 dàng zhōu: to row a boat
• 学海泛舟 xué hǎi fàn zhōu: sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
• 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
• 神舟号飞船 shén zhōu hào fēi chuán: Shenzhou (spacecraft)
• 水能载舟，亦能覆舟 shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu: lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb)
• 赛龙舟 sài lóng zhōu: to race dragon boats
• 神舟 shén zhōu: Shenzhou (spacecraft)
• 舟山市 zhōu shān shì: Zhoushan, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)
• 天舟座 tiān zhōu zuò: Argo (constellation, now divided into Carina 船底座 and Puppis 船尾座)
• 方舟 fāng zhōu: ark
• 舟山 zhōu shān: Zhoushan, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)
• 舟曲 zhōu qǔ: Zhugqu or Zhouqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[gān nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu
• 学如逆水行舟，不进则退 xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì: study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
• 舟船 zhōu chuán: boat
• 龙舟 lóng zhōu: dragon boat
• 飞舟 fēi zhōu: fast boat
• 风雨同舟 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu: lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
• 木已成舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu: lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
• 舟曲县 zhōu qǔ xiàn: Zhugqu or Zhouqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[gān nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu
• 舟山群岛 zhōu shān qún dǎo: Zhoushan Island
• 载舟覆舟 zài zhōu fù zhōu: to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
• 逆水行舟，不进则退 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì: like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
• 神舟电脑 shén zhōu diàn nǎo: Hasee (computer manufacturer)
• 兰舟 lán zhōu: lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood
• 同舟共济 tóng zhōu gòng jì: cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests
• 扁舟 piān zhōu: small boat
• 吴越同舟 wú yuè tóng zhōu: Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals
• 舟车劳顿 zhōu chē láo dùn: travel-worn
• 刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn: lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
• 泛舟 fàn zhōu: to go boating
• 独木舟 dú mù zhōu: dugout