船底

chuándǐ

noun #30,528

Meanings

HSK 7-9

船底有一道裂缝。

Chuándǐ yǒu yīdào lièfèng.

There's a crack in the bottom of the boat.

HSK 7-9

藤壶附在船底。

Ténghú fù zài chuándǐ.

Barnacles cling to the ship's bottom.

memory

船 (boat / ship) + 底 (bottom). 底 reliably means 'bottom / base' across compounds: 海底 (seabed), 鞋底 (shoe sole), 心底 (bottom of one's heart).

culture

船底座 is the Chinese name for the constellation Carina ('the keel'), one of the parts of the ancient Argo Navis, the ship of Jason and the Argonauts.

船 chuán

底 dǐ