Chinese symbol for “dock”
船坞
chuán wù
Traditional: 船塢
dock; shipyard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dock is 船坞 (chuán wù), defined as: dock; shipyard.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dock”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 码头 (碼頭) | mǎ tou | wharf; dock; quay; pier |
| 截尾 | jié wěi | to dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal) |
| 对接 (對接) | duì jiē | to join up; to dock |
| 接轨 (接軌) | jiē guǐ | railtrack connection; to integrate into sth |
| 埗 | bù | wharf; dock |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 船坞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 船只 (船隻) | chuán zhī | ship; boat |
| 船长 (船長) | chuán zhǎng | captain (of a boat); skipper |
| 船舶 | chuán bó | shipping; boats |
| 飞船 (飛船) | fēi chuán | spaceship; spacecraft |
| 船员 (船員) | chuán yuán | sailor; crew member |
| 渔船 (漁船) | yú chuán | fishing boat; 条 (tiáo) |
| 花坞 (花塢) | huā wù | sunken flower-bed |
| 山坞 (山塢) | shān wù | nook; cove (in the hills) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dock”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.