| 船 | chuán | a boat; vessel; ship; CL:条,艘,只 |
| 船舶 | chuán bó | shipping; boats |
| 船只 | chuán zhī | ship; boat; vessel |
| 船体 | chuán tǐ | hull; body of a ship |
| 船队 | chuán duì | fleet (of ships) |
| 船长 | chuán zhǎng | captain (of a boat); skipper |
| 船员 | chuán yuán | sailor; crew member |
| 船工 | chuán gōng | boatman; boat builder |
| 船位 | chuán wèi | ship's position |
| 船舱 | chuán cāng | hold of ship |
| 船首 | chuán shǒu | ship's bow |
| 船夫 | chuán fū | boatman |
| 船闸 | chuán zhá | a canal lock |
| 船坞 | chuán wù | shipyard |
| 船舷 | chuán xián | sides of a ship; ship's railing; fig. the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges |
| 船上 | chuán shàng | aboard |
| 船上交货 | chuán shàng jiāo huò | Free On Board (FOB) (transportation) |
| 船主 | chuán zhǔ | ship's captain; owner of ship |
船到桥门，
自会直 | chuán dào qiáo mén ,
zì huì zhí | lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem; no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom) |
| 船到桥头自然直 | chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí | When the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (俗话 common saying). fig. Everything will be all right.; cf couplet 車到山前必有路,车到山前必有路,船到桥头自然直 |
船到江心，
补漏迟 | chuán dào jiāng xīn ,
bǔ lòu chí | it's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river (idiom) |
船到码头，
车到站 | chuán dào mǎ tóu ,
chē dào zhàn | the ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station.; The job is over, it's time to relax (idiom) |
| 船埠 | chuán bù | wharf; quay |
| 船家 | chuán jiā | person who lives and makes a living on a boat; boatman; boat dweller |
| 船尾 | chuán wěi | back end of a ship; aft |
| 船尾座 | chuán wěi zuò | Puppis (constellation) |
| 船山 | Chuán shān | Chuanshan district of Suining city 遂宁市, Sichuan |
| 船山区 | Chuán shān qū | Chuanshan district of Suining city 遂宁市, Sichuan |
| 船帆 | chuán fān | sail |
| 船帆座 | chuán fān zuò | Vela (constellation) |
| 船帮 | chuán bāng | side of boat or ship; gunwale |
| 船底座 | chuán dǐ zuò | Carina (constellation) |
| 船厂 | chuán chǎng | shipyard; shipbuilder's yard |
| 船户 | chuán hù | boatman; boat dweller |
| 船政大臣 | chuán zhèng dà chén | Ministry of Navy during Qing times |
| 船政学堂 | chuán zhèng xué táng | Fuzhou naval college, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty, called the cradle of Chinese navy |
| 船方 | chuán fāng | ship (commerce) |
| 船东 | chuán dōng | ship owner |
| 船梯 | chuán tī | ship's ladder |
| 船民 | chuán mín | people who live and make a living on boats |
| 船营 | Chuán yíng | Chuanying district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province |
| 船营区 | Chuán yíng qū | Chuanying district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province |
| 船票 | chuán piào | ship ticket |
| 船篷 | chuán péng | ship's sail |
| 船籍 | chuán jí | ship's registry |
| 船籍港 | chuán jí gǎng | port of registration (of ship) |
| 船缆 | chuán lǎn | ship's hawser; rigging |
| 船老大 | chuán lǎo dà | coxswain; steersman; boatswain (bo'sun) |
| 船舵 | chuán duò | rudder; helm of a ship |
| 船舰 | chuán jiàn | navy vessel; (coast guard) patrol boat |
