chuán zhī
navire; embarcation; vaisseau
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船只在海上航行。
chuánzhǐ zài hǎishàng hángxíng.
The ship is sailing at sea.
船只靠岸了。
chuánzhǐ kào'ànle.
The ship has docked.
船只起航了。
chuánzhǐ qǐhángle.
The ship has set sail.
轮船 (lúnchuán)
ship
小船 (xiǎochuán)
boat
陆地 (lùdì)
land
飞机 (fēijī)
airplane
The Chinese word 船只 (chuánzhǐ) for "ship" or "boat" is composed of two characters: 船 (chuán) and 只 (zhǐ). The character 船 originally meant "a wooden vessel" and is composed of the radical 木 (mù) for "wood" and the phonetic component 川 (chuān), which is related to water. The character 只 originally meant "a single object" and is composed of the radical 竹 (zhú) for "bamboo" and the phonetic component 止 (zhǐ), which means "to stop". When combined, the two characters 船只 form the compound word 船只, which refers to a single ship or boat.
