Chinese symbol for “gunship”
炮舰
pào jiàn
Traditional: 炮艦
gunship
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gunship is 炮舰 (pào jiàn), defined as: gunship.
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 “gunship”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炮艇机 (炮艇機) | pào tǐng jī | gunship (aircraft) |
| 空中炮舰 (空中砲艦) | kōng zhōng pào jiàn | gunship (aircraft) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炮舰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大炮 (大砲) | dà pào | big gun; cannon |
| 炮弹 (炮彈) | pào dàn | artillery shell; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 火炮 | huǒ pào | cannon; gun |
| 炮击 (炮擊) | pào jī | to shell; to bombard |
| 舰队 (艦隊) | jiàn duì | fleet; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 军舰 (軍艦) | jūn jiàn | warship; military naval vessel |
| 战舰 (戰艦) | zhàn jiàn | battleship; warship |
| 舰艇 (艦艇) | jiàn tǐng | warship; naval vessel |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gunship”.
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.