艇 (tǐng): vessel, small ship
艇 (tǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “vessel.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 舟 (semantic) and 廷 (phonetic). It ranks #1364 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 艇 boat. Its radical form 舟 (boat) appears in many related characters such as 般 (bān, sort), 船 (chuán, boat), 航 (háng, boat).
Definitions
- vessel
- small ship
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 游艇 | yóu tǐng | barge |
| 潜艇 | qián tǐng | a submarine |
| 飞艇 | fēi tǐng | airship |
| 潜水艇 | qián shuǐ tǐng | a submarine |
| 救生艇 | jiù shēng tǐng | lifeboat |
| 快艇 | kuài tǐng | speedboat |
| 皮艇 | pí tǐng | kayak |
| 摩托艇 | mó tuō tǐng | motorboat |
| 划艇 | huá tǐng | rowing boat |
| 汽艇 | qì tǐng | motor boat |
| 舰艇 | jiàn tǐng | warship |
| 赛艇 | sài tǐng | boat race |
| 皮划艇 | pí huá tǐng | canoes and kayaks |
| 橡皮艇 | xiàng pí tǐng | rubber dinghy |
| 核潜艇 | hé qián tǐng | nuclear submarine |
艇 appears in 29 compound words: 3 as the first character, 83 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 艇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个艇字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě tǐng zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "艇" had different meanings in classical Chinese.
美快艇载人闯古巴驳火4死!古巴控意图恐攻 鲁比...
měi kuài tǐng zài rén chuǎng gǔ bā bó huǒ 4 sǐ ! gǔ bā kòng yì tú kǒng gōng lǔ bǐ . . .
The US speedboat carried people into Cuba and barbed fire, killing 4 people! Cuba accuses of intending terrorist attack Ruby...
古巴海岸警卫队击毙4名美籍快艇乘客
gǔ bā hǎi àn jǐng wèi duì jī bì 4 míng měi jí kuài tǐng chéng kè
The Cuban Coast Guard killed four American speedboat passengers
...东官宣“第二事业”,投资50亿进军高端游艇,“已接到订单,均价约6000万欧元”
. . . dōng guān xuān dì èr shì yè , tóu zī 5 0 yì jìn jūn gāo duān yóu tǐng , yǐ jiē dào dìng dān , jūn jià yuē 6 0 0 0 wàn ōu yuán
... Dongguan announced its "second business", investing 5 billion yuan to enter high-end yachts, "has received orders, with an average price of about 60 million euros"
NBA 史上最严厉处分?快艇涉嫌9亿元阴阳约 美记曝雷纳德合约恐作废
N B A shǐ shàng zuì yán lì chǔ fēn ? kuài tǐng shè xián 9 yì yuán yīn yáng yuē měi jì pù léi nà dé gě yuē kǒng zuò fèi
The toughest punishment in NBA history? The Clippers are suspected of a 900 million yuan yin-yang contract, and Meiji revealed that Leonard's contract may be invalidated
8岁男童命丧花莲鲤鱼潭!家属控快艇“船尾浪”酿祸 交通部回应了
8 suì nán tóng mìng sāng huā lián lǐ yú tán ! jiā shǔ kòng kuài tǐng chuán wěi làng niàng huò jiāo tōng bù huí yīng le
An 8-year-old boy died in Hualien Liyu Pond! The family controlled the speedboat's "stern waves" to cause trouble, and the Ministry of Communications responded
船上有多少艘救生艇？
Chuán shàng yǒu duōshao sōu jiùshēngtǐng?
How many lifeboats are on this ship?
数艘游艇在远方的海洋并列航行。
Shù sōu yóutǐng zài yuǎnfāng de hǎiyáng bìngliè hángxíng.
Several yachts were sailing side by side far out at sea.
这个海峡对游艇来说太窄了。
Zhège hǎixiá duì yóutǐng lái shuō tài zhǎi le.
The straits were too narrow for the cruise ship.
我们租了一艘划艇。
Wǒmen zū le yī sōu huátǐng.
We rented a canoe.
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