sampan
Flat-bottomed Asian craft
A sampan is a small flat-bottomed boat used in East Asia, typically propelled by oars or a single sail.
Sampans serve as water taxis, fishing vessels, and sometimes permanent dwellings in harbors and rivers: Sampans crowded the harbor at Hong Kong.
The word comes from Chinese, meaning "three planks."
Lever for watercraft
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- scullingDouble-oar rowing technique
- polingPropelling craft by push-stick
- rowingPulling oars to move
sweep · sail · outboard · rudder · tiller · paddling · stroke
Worthless discarded items
- dinghySmall auxiliary watercraft
- skiffSmall, light rowing boat
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- canoeSlender paddled vessel
kayak · coracle · punt · pirogue · outrigger · umiak · dugout · rowboat
Tropical shipbuilding timber
- bambooTall woody grass
- plankingWooden boards collectively
- hullOuter covering or frame
- sternStrict or ship's aft
bow · gunwale · keel · thwart · oarlock · canopy · matting · flat-bottom
Catching aquatic creatures
- netFinal amount remaining
- catchSeize or snag
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- cargoTransported goods
vendor · fish-trap · oarsman · boatman · hawker · peddler · dwelling · houseboat
oar
Lever for watercraft
rowing · sweep · sail · outboard · rudder · tiller · paddling · stroke
junk
Worthless discarded items
canoe · kayak · coracle · punt · pirogue · outrigger · umiak · dugout · rowboat · houseboat
teak
Tropical shipbuilding timber
stern · bow · gunwale · keel · thwart · oarlock · canopy · matting · flat-bottom · clinker
fishing
Catching aquatic creatures
cargo · vendor · fish-trap · oarsman · boatman · hawker · peddler · dwelling · houseboat · trader
Pearl River
Southern US waterway
canal · estuary · delta · bay · riverine · inlet · backwater · typhoon · monsoon · mooring
China
East Asian superpower
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
- Hong KongChinese special administrative region
- GuangzhouSouthern Chinese trading hub
Macau · Cantonese · Aberdeen · tradition · heritage · Thailand · Malaysia
- boatsboat, ship, canoe, kayak, yacht
- watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, ships
- Bateauxbateau, barque, catamaran, yacht, pedalo
- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- Chinese loanwordsdim sum, kung fu, feng shui, tai chi, yin yang
- historic transportcarriage, horse-drawn carriage, coach, phaeton, stagecoach
sampanocean liner
Large scheduled passenger vessel
cruise ship · aircraft carrier · junk · battleship · cargo ship
sampannuclear submarine
Reactor-driven underwater warship
aircraft carrier · speedboat · hydrofoil · container ship · destroyer