chōng

艟

Character

used in the name of warships

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

Definition

(ancient) warship; part of a warship's name

literary

This character is almost exclusively used as part of the compound word 艨艟 (méng chōng), which refers to a type of ancient Chinese warship. It is not used independently with its own distinct meaning.

Gǔ古
dài代
shuǐ水
jūn军
zhōng中
cháng常
yǒu有
méng艨
chōng艟
zhàn战
jiàn舰
 。

Ancient navies often had mengchong warships.

Zhè这
sōu艘
chuán船
mó模
fǎng仿
zhì制
de的
shì是
gǔ古
dài代
de的
méng艨
chōng艟
 。

This ship model replicates an ancient mengchong.