| 艦 | [ jiàn ] warship |
| 艦島 | [ jiàn daǒ ] island (the superstructure of an aircraft carrier, on the starboard side of the deck) |
| 艦橋 | [ jiàn ] bridge |
| 艦船 | [ jiàn chuán ] warship |
| 艦艇 | [ jiàn tǐng ] warship, naval vessel |
| 艦載 | [ jiàn zaì ] shipboard (radar system etc), ship-based, carrier-based (aircraft) |
| 艦載機 | [ jiàn zaì jī ] carrier-based aircraft |
| 艦長 | [ jiàn zhǎng ] commander, captain (of a warship) |
| 艦隊 | [ jiàn duì ] fleet, CL:支[zhi1] |
| 艦隻 | [ jiàn zhī ] warship |
| 艦首 | [ jiàn shoǔ ] bow of a warship |
| ⇒ 主力艦 | [ zhǔ lì jiàn ] battleship |
| ⇒ 佈雷艦 | [ bù leí jiàn ] minelayer (ship) |
| ⇒ 兵艦 | [ bīng jiàn ] warship |
| ⇒ 北海艦隊 | [ beǐ haǐ jiàn duì ] North Sea Fleet |
| ⇒ 南海艦隊 | [ nán haǐ jiàn duì ] South Sea Fleet |
| ⇒ 反艦導彈 | [ fǎn jiàn daǒ dàn ] anti-ship missile |
| ⇒ 反艦艇 | [ fǎn jiàn tǐng ] anti-ship |
| ⇒ 反艦艇巡航導彈 | [ fǎn jiàn tǐng xún háng daǒ dàn ] anti-ship cruise missile |
| ⇒ 小軍艦鳥 | [ jūn jiàn ] (bird species of China) great frigatebird (Fregata minor) |
| ⇒ 巡洋艦 | [ xún yáng jiàn ] cruiser (warship), battle cruiser |
| ⇒ 戰列艦 | [ zhàn liè jiàn ] battleship |
| ⇒ 戰艦 | [ zhàn jiàn ] battleship, warship |
| ⇒ 戰鬥艦 | [ zhàn doù jiàn ] battleship |
| ⇒ 掃雷艦 | [ saǒ leí jiàn ] minesweeper |
| ⇒ 旗艦 | [ qí jiàn ] flagship |
| ⇒ 旗艦店 | [ qí jiàn diàn ] flagship (store) |
| ⇒ 東海艦隊 | [ dōng haǐ jiàn duì ] East Sea Fleet |
| ⇒ 核動力航空母艦 | [ hé dòng lì háng kōng mǔ jiàn ] nuclear-powered aircraft carrier |
| ⇒ 潛艦 | [ qián jiàn ] a submarine |
| ⇒ 炮艦 | [ paò jiàn ] gunship |
| ⇒ 登陸艦 | [ dēng lù jiàn ] landing craft |
| ⇒ 白斑軍艦鳥 | [ baí bān jūn jiàn ] (bird species of China) lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) |
| ⇒ 白腹軍艦鳥 | [ baí fù jūn jiàn ] (bird species of China) Christmas frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi) |
| ⇒ 砲艦 | [ paò jiàn ] gunboat, gunship |
| ⇒ 破冰艦 | [ pò bīng jiàn ] ice breaker |
| ⇒ 空中砲艦 | [ kōng zhōng paò jiàn ] gunship (aircraft) |
| ⇒ 聯合艦隊 | [ lián hé jiàn duì ] combined fleet |
| ⇒ 航空母艦 | [ háng kōng mǔ jiàn ] aircraft carrier, CL:艘[sou1], (coll.) (fig.) sth huge, (like) a whale |
| ⇒ 航空母艦戰鬥群 | [ háng kōng mǔ jiàn zhàn doù qún ] carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG), naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier |
| ⇒ 航艦 | [ háng jiàn ] aircraft carrier, abbr. for 航空母艦|航空母舰[hang2 kong1 mu3 jian4] |
| ⇒ 船艦 | [ chuán jiàn ] navy vessel, (coast guard) patrol boat |
| ⇒ 衛艦 | [ weì jiàn ] a frigate (warship) |
| ⇒ 補給艦 | [ bǔ jǐ jiàn ] supply ship |
| ⇒ 護航艦 | [ hù háng jiàn ] escort vessel |
| ⇒ 護衛艦 | [ hù weì jiàn ] corvette |
| ⇒ 軍艦 | [ jūn jiàn ] warship, military naval vessel, CL:艘[sou1] |
| ⇒ 運輸艦 | [ yùn shū jiàn ] transport ship |
| ⇒ 鐵甲艦 | [ tiě jiǎ jiàn ] ironclad, an armor-plated battleship |
| ⇒ 驅逐艦 | [ qū zhú jiàn ] destroyer (warship) |
| ⇒ 鬥艦 | [ doù jiàn ] fighting ship |