Word and Radical Components of 小船

The Chinese word 小船 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
小船	xiǎochuán	1. n. small boat

小船 ⇨ 小 + 船

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
小	xiǎo	1. small, tiny, little
		小孩 - child
		(ant, zh, 大)
		2. minor, petty
		3. briefly, for a short while
		小憩 - brief rest
		4. slightly, a little
		5. young
		小狗 - puppy
		小貓 - kitten
		小羊 - lamb
		這嬰兒太小了，不能自己吃東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself.
		(ant, zh, 老)
		6. (the) youngest
		小兒子 - youngest son
		7. a young person; child, kid, baby
		一家老小 - the entire family, old and young
		8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people).
		For example, Someone called 李國寶／李国宝 can be called 小李.
		9. (humble) my, our
		小弟 - humble I
		小女 - humble my daughter
		小的 - humble I
		10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school)
		11. Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school.
		12. 二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School
		13. Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education.
		14. 小一 - P1 (first year in primary school)
		15. (dialectal) concubine
		16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck.
		小你！ - Duck you!
	xiǎo	17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小.
船	chuán	1. watercraft; vessel (including ships, boats, sailing ships, hovercrafts; sometimes including submarines)
		2. an object with a shape or function similar to watercraft
		太空船 - spaceship
		3. (obsolete) alcohol cup
		4. (obsolete) to carry by watercraft
		5. (obsolete, dialectal) button
		Chuan
		6. (Hong Kong, colloquial) scholarship

小 ⇨ 亅 + 八

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
亅	jué	1. a backward hook
八	bā	1. eight
		2. many; numerous
		3. (printing) pearl (the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
		4. Short for 八卦
		5. to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
		6. (Cantonese) nosey; meddling
		7. 八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman
		Ba
	bā	8. Variant of 捌

船 ⇨ 舟 + 几 + 口

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
舟	zhōu	1. (literary) boat
		同舟共濟 - to pull together in times of trouble, lit=to cross a river in the same boat
		2. (obsolete) to ride in a boat; to sail a boat
几	jī, jǐ	1. long narrow table; bench
		2. small table
		茶几 - tea table
		3. Simplified form of 幾
		4. Variant of 人
		5. Variant of 明
		6. Variant of ?
口	kǒu	1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
		漱漱你的口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
		這話出自你的口，聽來令人奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
		2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
		入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
		出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
		門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
		3. gateway
		張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
		口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
		口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
		4. hole; cut
		口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
		傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
		5. port
		電腦端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
		Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
		6. perimeter
		人口 (rénkǒu) - population
		戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
		7. government organ; department
		三口之家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
		我可以吃一口嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
		8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
		9. Variant of 名