Chinese symbol for “steamship”
轮船
lún chuán
Traditional: 輪船
steamship; steamer; steamboat; measure word: 艘 (sōu)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for steamship is 轮船 (lún chuán), defined as: steamship; steamer; steamboat; measure word: 艘 (sōu).
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 “steamship”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 轮船.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轮胎 (輪胎) | lún tāi | tire; pneumatic tire |
| 一轮 (一輪) | yī lún | first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) |
| 轮流 (輪流) | lún liú | to alternate; to take turns |
| 涡轮 (渦輪) | wō lún | turbine |
| 第二轮 (第二輪) | dì èr lún | second round (of match, or election) |
| 轮椅 (輪椅) | lún yǐ | wheelchair |
| 船只 (船隻) | chuán zhī | ship; boat |
| 船长 (船長) | chuán zhǎng | captain (of a boat); skipper |
See also: Japanese symbol for “steamship”.
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.