Chinese symbol for “skipper”
船长
chuán zhǎng
Traditional: 船長
captain (of a boat); skipper
The closest CC-CEDICT match for skipper is 船长 (chuán zhǎng), defined as: captain (of a boat); skipper.
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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 船长.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 船只 (船隻) | chuán zhī | ship; boat |
| 船舶 | chuán bó | shipping; boats |
| 飞船 (飛船) | fēi chuán | spaceship; spacecraft |
| 船员 (船員) | chuán yuán | sailor; crew member |
| 渔船 (漁船) | yú chuán | fishing boat; 条 (tiáo) |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 部长 (部長) | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
See also: Japanese symbol for “skipper”.
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.