Chinese symbol for “shipbuilding”
造船
zào chuán
shipbuilding
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shipbuilding is 造船 (zào chuán), defined as: shipbuilding.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 造船.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 创造 (創造) | chuàng zào | to create; to bring about |
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture; to make |
| 建造 | jiàn zào | to construct; to build |
| 改造 | gǎi zào | to transform; to reform |
| 打造 | dǎ zào | to forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop |
| 船只 (船隻) | chuán zhī | ship; boat |
| 船长 (船長) | chuán zhǎng | captain (of a boat); skipper |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shipbuilding”.
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.