HSK 6 · Transport

舰艇 jiàntǐng “naval vessel” in Chinese

Traditional 艦艇

What 舰艇 means

  1. naval vessel
  2. warship

How to say 舰艇

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale舰jiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale艇tǐng3rd tone, dipping

舰艇 in a sentence

  1. 海上停着几艘舰艇。

    Hǎishàng tíng zhe jǐ sōu jiàntǐng.

    Several naval vessels are anchored at sea.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这艘舰艇对游客开放参观。

    Zhè sōu jiàntǐng duì yóukè kāifàng cānguān.

    This warship is open to visitors.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 舰艇 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 舰 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
舰jiànwarship
  • 舟boat · zhōuMeaning part
  • 见to see · jiànSound part

舟 hints at the meaning (boat); 见 (jiàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiàn.

The character 艇 (tǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
艇tǐngboat; craft
  • 舟boat · zhōuMeaning part
  • 廷courtyard · tíngSound part

舟 hints at the meaning (boat); 廷 (tíng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǐng.

How to write 舰艇

舰 10 strokes · 艇 12 strokes

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舰艇 (jiàntǐng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 舰艇 (jiàntǐng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

舰艇 (jiàntǐng) means “naval vessel” or “warship”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiàntǐng: jiàn with a 4th tone, then tǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 舰艇 is written 艦艇. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianting with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 舰艇 from the suggestions. Typing jianting into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
舰艇 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.