船长
chuán zhǎng
Pinyin

Definition

船长
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chuán zhǎng
  1. captain (of a boat)
  2. skipper

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

船
chuán
  1. 1 variant of 船[chuán]
船票
chuán piào
  1. 1 ship ticket
划船
huá chuán
  1. 1 to row a boat
  2. 2 rowing boat
  3. 3 rowing (sport)
帆船
fān chuán
  1. 1 sailboat
快船
Kuài chuán
  1. 1 Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
撑船
chēng chuán
  1. 1 to punt
  2. 2 to pole a boat
沉船
chén chuán
  1. 1 shipwreck
  2. 2 sunken boat
  3. 3 sinking ship
渔船
yú chuán
  1. 1 fishing boat
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
船员
chuán yuán
  1. 1 sailor
  2. 2 crew member
船舶
chuán bó
  1. 1 shipping
  2. 2 boats
船长
chuán zhǎng
  1. 1 captain (of a boat)
  2. 2 skipper
船只
chuán zhī
  1. 1 ship
  2. 2 boat
  3. 3 vessel
轮船
lún chuán
  1. 1 steamship
  2. 2 steamer
  3. 3 ocean liner
  4. 4 ship
  5. 5 CL:艘[sōu]
开船
kāi chuán
  1. 1 to set sail
飞船
fēi chuán
  1. 1 airship
  2. 2 spaceship
上船
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to get on the boat
乘船
chéng chuán
  1. 1 to embark
  2. 2 to travel by ship
  3. 3 to ferry
包船
bāo chuán
  1. 1 to charter a ship
商船
shāng chuán
  1. 1 merchant ship
太空船
tài kōng chuán
  1. 1 spaceship

Idioms (9)

上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
水涨船高
shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo
  1. 1 the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
  2. 2 to develop according to the situation
脚踏两条船
jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán
  1. 1 lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have it both ways
  3. 3 to run after two hares
  4. 4 (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
船到桥门自会直
chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí
  1. 1 lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
  2. 2 no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
船到江心，补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 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
  1. 1 The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station.
  2. 2 The job is over, it's time to relax. (idiom)
草船借箭
cǎo chuán jiè jiàn
  1. 1 lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì])
  2. 2 fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直
chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí
  1. 1 lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Everything will turn out for the best.
  3. 3 Let's worry about it when it happens.
  4. 4 It will be all right on the night.
阴沟里翻船
yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán
  1. 1 to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

Sample Sentences

船长！无敌号打旗说，让我们投降。
chuánzhǎng ！Wúdíhào dǎqí shuō ，ràng wǒmen tóuxiáng 。
Captain! ‘The Invincible’ has raised her flag. They want us to surrender.
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船长，瞭望手报告说发现了无敌号舰队。正朝我们开来。
chuánzhǎng ，liàowàngshǒu bàogào shuō fāxiàn le Wúdíhào jiànduì 。zhèng cháo wǒmen kāilái 。
Captain, the lookout said he’s spotted ‘The Invincible’ and her fleet. They’re coming right for us.
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是！请船长放心！
shì ！qǐng chuánzhǎng fàngxīn ！
Aye! We won't fail you, captain!
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船长，无敌号越逼越近，看来要肉搏了。
chuánzhǎng ，Wúdíhào yuè bī yuè jìn ，kànlai yào ròubó le 。
Captain, ‘The Invincible’ is closing in on us. It seems they want a bit of the ol' fisticuffs.
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船长，我们胜利了！而且还发现了不少金银珠宝！
chuánzhǎng ，wǒmen shènglì le ！érqiě hái fāxiàn le bùshǎo jīnyínzhūbǎo ！
Captain, victory is ours! Also, we’ve found quite a bit of booty!
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那你逛街干吗非要拉着我？你知不知道我当年看完《星际迷航》电影小说，第一次知道了进取号、柯克船长、斯波克，那真叫兴奋啊！
nà nǐ guàng jiē gànmá fēi yào lā zhe wǒ ？nǐ zhī bu zhīdào wǒ dāngnián kàn wán 《Xīngjìmíháng 》diànyǐng xiǎoshuō ，dì yī cì zhīdao le Jìnqǔhào 、Kēkè chuánzhǎng 、Sībōkè ，nà zhēn jiào xīngfèn a ！
Well, why do you always have to take me along when you go window-shopping? Do you know how excited I was back in the days when I saw the Star Trek movies and read the novels, when I first learned about the Enterprise, and Captain Kirk and Spock?
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那一定是柯克船长。
nà yīdìng shì Kēkè chuánzhǎng 。
Well, it had to be Captain Kirk!
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