Chinese symbol for “embark”
乘船
chéng chuán
to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry
The closest CC-CEDICT match for embark is 乘船 (chéng chuán), defined as: to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乘船.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乘客 | chéng kè | passenger |
| 乘坐 | chéng zuò | to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle) |
| 搭乘 | dā chéng | to ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc) |
| 乘车 (乘車) | chéng chē | to ride (in a car or carriage); to drive |
| 乘机 (乘機) | chéng jī | to take the opportunity; to take a plane |
| 乘以 | chéng yǐ | (math.) multiplied with |
| 船只 (船隻) | chuán zhī | ship; boat |
| 船长 (船長) | chuán zhǎng | captain (of a boat); skipper |
See also: Japanese symbol for “embark”.
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.