dragon boat

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 龍船／龙船 (lóngchuán).

Noun

dragon boat (plural dragon boats)

A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.

Derived terms

Translations

a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals

Chinese:
Mandarin: 龍船 (zh), 龙船 (zh) (lóngchuán)
Czech: dračí loď f
Dutch: drakenboot
Finnish: lohikäärmevene
French: bateau-dragon (fr) m
German: Drachenboot (de) n
Hungarian: sárkányhajó
Indonesian: perahu naga

Italian: dragonboat m
Japanese: ドラゴンボート (doragon bōto), ペーロン (pēron)
Malay: perahu naga
Persian: قایق اژدها‎ (qāyeq ezhdeha), اژدهابَلم‎ (ezhdeha-balam)
Portuguese: barco dragão m
Russian: драгонбо́т m (dragonbót)
Slovak: dračia loď f
Spanish: barco dragón m
Zhuang: lungzconz

See also

Viking longships (called dragonships by enemies such as the English)

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