Chinese symbol for “punt”
撑船
chēng chuán
Traditional: 撐船
to punt; to pole a boat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for punt is 撑船 (chēng chuán), defined as: to punt; to pole a boat.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 撑船.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支撑 (支撐) | zhī chēng | to prop up; to support |
| 撑腰 (撐腰) | chēng yāo | to support; to brace |
| 俯卧撑 (俯臥撐) | fǔ wò chēng | push-up; press-up (exercise) |
| 硬撑 (硬撐) | yìng chēng | to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc |
| 撑开 (撐開) | chēng kāi | to stretch taut; to open (an umbrella) |
| 撑伞 (撐傘) | chēng sǎn | to hold up an umbrella |
| 船只 (船隻) | chuán zhī | ship; boat |
| 船长 (船長) | chuán zhǎng | captain (of a boat); skipper |
See also: Japanese symbol for “punt”.
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.