| 船 | chuán | a boat; vessel; ship; CL:条,艘,只 |
| 船舶 | chuán bó | shipping; boats |
| 轮船 | lún chuán | steamship; CL:艘 |
| 船只 | chuán zhī | ship; boat; vessel |
| 造船 | zào chuán | shipbuilding |
| 渔船 | yú chuán | fishing boat; CL:条 |
| 船体 | chuán tǐ | hull; body of a ship |
| 小船 | xiǎo chuán | boat |
| 船队 | chuán duì | fleet (of ships) |
| 商船 | shāng chuán | merchant ship |
| 船长 | chuán zhǎng | captain (of a boat); skipper |
| 船员 | chuán yuán | sailor; crew member |
| 帆船 | fān chuán | sailboat |
| 渡船 | dù chuán | ferry |
| 木船 | mù chuán | wooden boat |
| 船工 | chuán gōng | boatman; boat builder |
| 造船厂 | zào chuán chǎng | dockyard; shipyard |
| 兵船 | bīng chuán | man-of-war; naval vessel; warship |
| 宇宙飞船 | yǔ zhòu fēi chuán | spacecraft |
| 楼船 | lóu chuán | ship with several decks; turreted junk |
| 船位 | chuán wèi | ship's position |
| 货船 | huò chuán | cargo ship; freighter |
| 飞船 | fēi chuán | airship; spaceship |
| 海船 | hǎi chuán | sea-going ship |
| 船舱 | chuán cāng | hold of ship |
| 船首 | chuán shǒu | ship's bow |
| 船夫 | chuán fū | boatman |
| 租船 | zū chuán | to charter a ship; to take a vessel on rent |
| 驳船 | bó chuán | barge; lighter |
| 拖船 | tuō chuán | a tow; tugboat |
| 船闸 | chuán zhá | a canal lock |
| 开船 | kāi chuán | to set sail |
| 汽船 | qì chuán | steamboat; steamship |
| 客船 | kè chuán | passenger ship |
| 船坞 | chuán wù | shipyard |
| 气垫船 | qì diàn chuán | hovercraft; air cushion vehicle |
| 船舷 | chuán xián | sides of a ship; ship's railing; fig. the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges |
| 捕鲸船 | bǔ jīng chuán | whaler; whale catcher |
| 航船 | háng chuán | ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service) |
| 上船 | shàng chuán | to get on the boat |
| 中国国家船舶公司 | zhōng guó guó jiā chuán bó gōng sī | China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) |
| 中国船舶贸易公司 | Zhōng guó Chuán bó Mào yì Gōng sī | China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation (CSTC) |
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) |
| 乘船 | chéng chuán | to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry |
| 充气船 | chōng qì chuán | inflatable boat |
| 冰船 | bīng chuán | ice breaker (ship) |
| 划船 | huá chuán | to row a boat; rowing boat; rowing (sport) |
| 包船 | bāo chuán | to charter a ship |
| 太空船 | tài kōng chuán | spaceship |
| 太空飞船 | tài kōng fēi chuán | space shuttle |
