船家

chuánjiā
  1. person who lives and makes a living on a boat
  2. boatman
  3. boat dweller

CEDICT

boatperson

Wiktionary

以行船为业的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 船 chuán variant of 船 chuán
=1 船 chuán
  1. boat
  2. vessel
  3. ship

classifiers: 條, 艘, 隻
=2 家 jiā used in 家伙 jiāhuo and 家俱 jiājù
=2 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個

Related entries

船夫 chuánfū boatman
船工 chuángōng
  1. boatman
  2. boat builder
船户 chuánhù
  1. boatman
  2. boat dweller
水客 shuǐkè
  1. smuggler, esp. of electronic goods from Macao or Hong Kong to Guangdong
  2. boatman
  3. fisherman
  4. itinerant trader
艄公 shāogōng
  1. helmsman
  2. boatman