The Chinese word for boat is
小船

xiǎo chuán

boat

Chinese Definition

boat
1. 名词. 船
Components
小
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!
17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小.
船
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

Translations for 船 and their definitions

船
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

小船
1. n. small boat

舟
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