Chinese symbol for “gangway”
舷梯
xián tī
gangway; ramp (to board a ship or plane)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gangway is 舷梯 (xián tī), defined as: gangway; ramp (to board a ship or plane).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “gangway”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 舷梯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 右舷 | yòu xián | starboard (of a ship) |
| 左舷 | zuǒ xián | port (side of a ship) |
| 船舷 | chuán xián | the sides of a ship; (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges |
| 舷窗 | xián chuāng | porthole; scuttle |
| 电梯 (電梯) | diàn tī | elevator; escalator |
| 楼梯 (樓梯) | lóu tī | stair; staircase |
| 阶梯 (階梯) | jiē tī | flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of |
| 梯子 | tī zi | ladder; stepladder; (Internet slang) VPN or other tool used to circumvent internet censorship |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gangway”.
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.