艇 meaning and stroke order
Dugout, punt, small boat
How to write 艇, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 艇
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)
How 艇 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Boat.
舟 gives the meaning and 廷 hints at the sound.
Radical: 舟 (boat), shared by 35 characters on this site.
How to remember 艇
艇 is a pictophonetic character: 舟 (zhōu, boat) on the left gives the meaning, and 廷 (tíng, court) on the right gives the sound. Picture a small boat 舟 rowing up to the royal court 廷.
艇 is a bound form, so it almost always appears inside a word rather than alone. It often names small craft or naval vessels, as in 潜艇 (qiántǐng, submarine), 快艇 (kuàitǐng, speedboat) and 救生艇 (jiùshēngtǐng, lifeboat). Example: 他们周末租了一艘游艇。(Tāmen zhōumò zū le yì sōu yóutǐng.) They rented a yacht for the weekend.
Common mistake: Learners often give 艇 the second tone because its phonetic part 廷 is tíng, but 艇 is third tone, tǐng. Also do not mix it up with 挺 (tǐng, quite, upright), which has the hand radical 扌 instead of 舟.
Common words with 艇
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
艇 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 艇
How many strokes are in 艇?
艇 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 艇 mean?
艇 (tǐng) means dugout, punt, small boat. A common word with it is 潜艇 (qiántǐng), meaning "a submarine".
How do you pronounce 艇?
艇 is pronounced tǐng, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 艇?
The radical of 艇 is 舟, which carries the idea of "boat". Dictionaries list 艇 under this radical.
Is 艇 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 艇 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 艇 and 船?
船 (chuán) is the general everyday word for any boat or ship and can stand alone. 艇 is used inside compounds and usually suggests a smaller or specialized craft, such as a speedboat, lifeboat or submarine.
What measure word is used with words containing 艇?
The usual measure word is 艘 (sōu), as in 一艘潜艇 (yì sōu qiántǐng, one submarine). In casual speech 条 (tiáo) is sometimes heard for small boats.