Phrase guide

dragon boat

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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History

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 龍船/龙船 (lóngchuán).

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: আজদাহা নাও (azdaha nao) — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 龍船 /龙船 (lóngchuán) — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 龍舟 /龙舟 (lóngzhōu) — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Czech: dračí loď — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Dutch: drakenboot — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Finnish: lohikäärmevene — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • French: bateau-dragon — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • German: Drachenboot — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Hungarian: sárkányhajó — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Indonesian: perahu naga — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Italian: dragonboat — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Japanese: ドラゴンボート (doragon bōto) — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Japanese: ペーロン (pēron) — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Malay: perahu naga — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Persian: قایق اژدها (qâyeq eždehâ) — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Persian: اژدهابَلم (eždehâ-balam) — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Polish: smocza łódź — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Portuguese: barco dragão — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Russian: драгонбо́т (dragonbót) — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Slovak: dračia loď — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Spanish: barco dragón — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Swedish: drakbåt — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Vietnamese: thuyền rồng — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals
  • Zhuang: lungzconz — a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals