Chinese symbol for “pontoon”
趸船
dǔn chuán
Traditional: 躉船
barge; pontoon; landing stage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pontoon is 趸船 (dǔn chuán), defined as: barge; pontoon; landing stage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 趸船.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 趸售 (躉售) | dǔn shòu | to sell wholesale |
| 打趸儿 (打躉兒) | dǎ dǔn r | to buy wholesale |
| 拥趸 (擁躉) | yōng dǔn | fan; fanatic |
| 监趸 (監躉) | jiān dǔn | prisoner (Cantonese) |
| 趸批 (躉批) | dǔn pī | wholesale |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pontoon”.
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.