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Generate Chinese ship names in the patterns real fleets used: late Qing ironclads like Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, modern hulls named for cities, mountains and lakes such as Kunlun Shan and Taihu, lucky merchant names like Fu An, and translated names such as Jade Phoenix for junks, pirates and wuxia fiction.

About Chinese ship names

Chinese ship names follow a different pattern in each era. The Beiyang Fleet of the late Qing gave its ships two-character names, many ending in yuan (distant) or wei (might): Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Zhiyuan, Yangwei. Republic-era ships are best known in the romanization of their day, such as Ning Hai, Ping Hai and Chung Shan, and those entries carry the pinyin in brackets. The modern navy names ships by type after places: provinces for carriers, cities for destroyers and frigates, mountains with Shan for landing ships (Kunlun Shan) and lakes with Hu for supply ships (Taihu).

Civilian vessels lean on auspicious words. Fu (fortune), an (peace), shun (smooth) and xing (thriving) pair up into names like Fu An and Shun Xing, and four-character blessings such as Yi Fan Feng Shun wish a crew smooth sailing all the way.

This list mixes attested names with names built on the same conventions from real cities, provinces, mountains, lakes and rivers, so an entry is not a claim that a ship of that name sailed. The record of the Ming treasure fleet names only a handful of its individual ships, so most names in that style are invented in the manner of the period. Translated poetic names and south coast pirate junks serve fantasy and wuxia settings.

How to choose Chinese ship names

  • Match the pattern to the ship: a yuan or wei name for a nineteenth-century ironclad or cruiser, a city for a destroyer or frigate, a Shan mountain for a landing ship and a Hu lake for a supply ship.
  • Keep one spelling system per story. Use pinyin without tone marks (Ninghai) or the spelling of the period (Ning Hai), and do not mix the two inside one fleet.
  • For a merchantman or fishing boat, pair two lucky syllables, as in Shun An or Rui Feng. A modern coaster often carries a one-syllable province abbreviation and a number, as in Zhe Xing 8.
  • In fantasy and wuxia settings, translate the image instead of the sound: Autumn Water or Cloud Piercer reads more easily in English prose than a string of syllables. Use dragon and jade sparingly.
  • Give the meaning once and then drop it. Xue Long (Snow Dragon) on first mention, plain Xue Long afterwards.

Frequently asked questions

How are Chinese navy ships named?

By type, after places. Aircraft carriers and large amphibious assault ships take the names of provinces, destroyers and frigates take cities, landing ships take mountains such as Kunlun Shan, and supply ships take lakes such as Taihu. Training ships have been named for historical figures, as with Zheng He.

Are all of these real ship names?

No. The list mixes attested names such as Dingyuan, Zhiyuan, Ning Hai and Xue Long with names built on the same conventions from real places and auspicious words, plus invented poetic and pirate names. No invented name is given a hull number, a class or a history. If you need a ship that really existed, confirm it in a naval reference before you rely on it.

What were the ships of the Ming treasure fleet called?

The sources for Zheng He's voyages of 1405 to 1433 describe the great treasure ships and the scale of the fleet, but they name very few individual vessels. The handful of names that survive, among them Qinghe (Pure Harmony), Huikang (Kind Repose), Changning (Lasting Tranquility) and Anji (Peaceful Crossing), are in the list. Other entries in that style, such as Star Raft and Tianfei (Heavenly Consort), are written in the manner of the period and do not come from the record.

What do the brackets after a name mean?

They hold one of two things: the English meaning of a pinyin name, as in Hai Long (Sea Dragon), or the modern pinyin for a name shown in an older romanization, as in Chung Shan (old spelling of Zhongshan). You can drop the bracket when you use the name.

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A: 17 names

  • Admiral's Lantern
  • Ambergris Merchant
  • Amoy Blockade Runner
  • An Chao (Hidden Tide)
  • An Tai
  • Anbian (Securing the Frontier)
  • Anbo
  • Anchor at Changle
  • Anhui
  • Anji (Peaceful Crossing)
  • Ankang (Peace and Health)
  • Anlan
  • Anyang
  • Anyuan (Peace in Distant Lands)
  • Autumn Water
  • Autumn Wind over the Wei
  • Azure Billow

B: 31 names

  • Bai He (White Crane)
  • Bai Ji (River Dolphin)
  • Bai Lu (Egret)
  • Bai Sha (White Shark)
  • Baihu (White Tiger)
  • Baima Hu
  • Baiyangdian
  • Bamboo Rain
  • Bao An
  • Bao Shun He
  • Baochuan (Treasure Ship)
  • Baomin
  • Baotou
  • Bat-Wing Sails
  • Bei Ji (North Pole)
  • Beidou (Northern Dipper)
  • Beihai
  • Bell of Hanshan Temple
  • Bengal Tribute
  • Bengbu
  • Bi Bo (Emerald Waves)
  • Bias Bay Ambush
  • Bing Shan (Iceberg)
  • Black Flag Squall
  • Blade Washed in the River
  • Blossoms Along the River
  • Blue and White Cargo
  • Blue Flag Raider
  • Bosten Hu
  • Brocade for Distant Kings
  • Brocade Sail

C: 67 names

  • Calm at Liujiagang
  • Camphor and Sandalwood
  • Cang Hai (Deep Blue Sea)
  • Cangqiong (Vault of Heaven)
  • Canopus Rising
  • Caojiang
  • Cedian
  • Cehai
  • Celadon Hold
  • Centipede Boat
  • Chagan Hu
  • Champa Wind
  • Chang Geng (Evening Star)
  • Chang Jiang (Long River)
  • Chang Long
  • Chang Shun
  • Chang'an (Long Peace)
  • Chang'e
  • Changbai Shan
  • Changchun
  • Changfeng
  • Changle
  • Changning (Lasting Tranquility)
  • Changsha
  • Changsheng (Ever Victorious)
  • Changshu
  • Changxing Dao
  • Changzheng (Long March)
  • Changzhou
  • Chao Ho (old spelling of Zhaohe)
  • Chao Xi (Tides)
  • Chaohai
  • Chaohu

C, continued

  • Chaowu
  • Chaoyong
  • Chaozhou
  • Chaozhou Red Head
  • Chart of the Needle Routes
  • Chen Guang (Morning Light)
  • Chen Xing (Morning Star)
  • Cheng Feng Po Lang (Ride the Wind, Break the Waves)
  • Chengdu
  • Chengfeng (Riding the Wind)
  • Chengqing
  • Chenhang
  • Chenxi (First Light)
  • Chongming Dao
  • Chongqing
  • Chrysanthemum Frost
  • Chu Chien (old spelling of Chuqian)
  • Chu Kuan (old spelling of Chuguan)
  • Chu Tai (old spelling of Chutai)
  • Chu Tung (old spelling of Chutong)
  • Chu Yiu (old spelling of Chuyou)
  • Chu Yu (old spelling of Chuyu)
  • Chuan Yun 36
  • Chun Feng (Spring Breeze)
  • Chung Shan (old spelling of Zhongshan)
  • Cinnabar Dawn
  • Cloud Piercer
  • Clouds over Wu Gorge
  • Cold Mountain
  • Compass of the Imperial Envoy
  • Cormorant Fisher of the Li
  • Crane of the Western Peak
  • Crane Shadow
  • Cui Niao (Kingfisher)

D: 41 names

  • Da Tong Shun
  • Da Yang
  • Dabie Shan
  • Dachen Dao
  • Dadu He
  • Daishan Dao
  • Dali
  • Daming (Great Ming)
  • Danxia Shan
  • Daqing
  • Daughter of the Sea Goddess
  • Dayang Yihao (Ocean No. 1)
  • Dayu (Yu the Great)
  • De Li (Virtue and Profit)
  • De Sheng Chang
  • De Tai Xing
  • Deng Jiaxian
  • Dengyingzhou
  • Dian Chi
  • Dianmu (Mother of Lightning)

D, continued

  • Dianshan Hu
  • Dingbian
  • Dingbo (Settling the Waves)
  • Dinghai
  • Dinghai Shenzhen (Sea-Calming Needle)
  • Dingtao
  • Dingyuan
  • Dong Fang Hong 3
  • Dongfeng (East Wind)
  • Dongping Hu
  • Dongshan Dao
  • Dongting Fisher
  • Dongting Hu
  • Dongtou Dao
  • Dragon Gate Carp
  • Drifting Duckweed
  • Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon
  • Drunken Immortal
  • Du She (Viper)
  • Duanwu Racer
  • Dunhuang

E: 7 names

  • E Hang 16
  • E Lang (Vicious Waves)
  • Eight Immortals Crossing
  • Emei Shan
  • Envoy of the Yongle Court
  • Erhai
  • Evening Bell

F: 48 names

  • Fa Cai (Getting Rich)
  • Fanjing Shan
  • Far Shores Made Near
  • Farewell at Yellow Crane Tower
  • Fast Crab
  • Faxian Hao (Discovery)
  • Fei Long (Flying Dragon)
  • Fei Yu (Flying Fish)
  • Feidian (Flying Lightning)
  • Feihu (Flying Tiger)
  • Feijian
  • Feipeng (Flying Roc)
  • Feiting
  • Feiying
  • Feiyun
  • Fen Jin (Forge Ahead)
  • Fendouzhe (Striver)
  • Feng Nian (Year of Plenty)
  • Feng Ping Lang Jing (Calm Wind, Still Waves)
  • Fengbo (Wind Lord)
  • Fenghuang (Phoenix)
  • Fengshou (Bumper Harvest)
  • Fenwei (Rousing Might)
  • Fire Raft

F, continued

  • Fisherman's Evening Song
  • Flower in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
  • Fog off the Delta
  • Foshan
  • Frankincense of Aden
  • Fu An (Fortune and Peace)
  • Fu Chang
  • Fu Ji Xiang
  • Fu Sheng Yuan
  • Fu Shun Hao
  • Fu Tai
  • Fu Xing Gao Zhao (Lucky Star Shining High)
  • Fubo
  • Fuchun Jiang
  • Fuhai (Blessed Sea)
  • Fujing
  • Fulong
  • Fusang
  • Fusheng
  • Fuxian Hu
  • Fuxing
  • Fuyuan
  • Fuzhou
  • Fuzhou Pole Junk

G: 45 names

  • Gan Jiang
  • Gansu
  • Ganzhou
  • Gaoyou
  • Gaoyou Hu
  • Ghost of the Grand Canal
  • Ghost of the Outer Islands
  • Gibbons Calling on Both Banks
  • Giraffe of Malindi
  • Golden Oriole
  • Golmud
  • Gongga Shan
  • Grand Canal Swallow
  • Green Banner Reef Runner
  • Guanchao (Tide Watcher)
  • Guang Li Yuan
  • Guang Rong (Glory)
  • Guang Yuan Sheng
  • Guangbing
  • Guangding
  • Guangdong
  • Guanggeng

G, continued

  • Guanghan (Vast Cold)
  • Guangheng
  • Guanghua
  • Guangji (Broad Crossing)
  • Guangjia
  • Guangli
  • Guangxi
  • Guangyi
  • Guangyuan
  • Guangzhen
  • Guangzhou
  • Guest from Beyond the Seas
  • Guest of Thirty Kingdoms
  • Gui Huo (Ghost Fire)
  • Gui Yun 9
  • Guihang (Homeward Voyage)
  • Guilin
  • Guixu
  • Guiyang
  • Guizhou
  • Gulangyu
  • Guo Shoujing
  • Guowei (Might of the Nation)

H: 100 names

  • Hai Bao (Seal)
  • Hai Bu Yang Bo (Seas Without Waves)
  • Hai Dong Qing (Gyrfalcon)
  • Hai Kuo Tian Kong (Wide Sea, Open Sky)
  • Hai Lang (Sea Wolf)
  • Hai Long (Sea Dragon)
  • Hai Ma (Seahorse)
  • Hai Ou (Seagull)
  • Hai Shi (Sea Lion)
  • Hai Tao (Sea Billows)
  • Hai Tun (Dolphin)
  • Hai Xiao (Tsunami)
  • Hai Xing (Starfish)
  • Hai Ying (Sea Eagle)
  • Hai Yun (Sea Cloud)
  • Haichen
  • Haichou
  • Haidou
  • Haihua
  • Haijiao (Corner of the Sea)
  • Haijing
  • Haikou
  • Hailing Dao
  • Haimen
  • Hainan
  • Hainan Typhoon
  • Haining
  • Haiqi
  • Haiqing
  • Hairong
  • Haitian
  • Haixi
  • Haiyan (Calm Seas)

H, continued

  • Haiyang Liuhao (Ocean No. 6)
  • Hami
  • Han Jiang
  • Hangzhou
  • Harbin
  • Hawk of the Min Coast
  • He Feng Tai
  • He Sheng (Harmony and Plenty)
  • He Shun
  • He Xing Chang
  • Heart of the Lake Pavilion
  • Heavenly Consort's Favor
  • Hebei
  • Hebo (River Lord)
  • Hefei
  • Hei Feng (Black Wind)
  • Hei Qi (Black Flag)
  • Hei Sha (Black Shark)
  • Heihe
  • Heilongjiang
  • Helan Shan
  • Henan
  • Heng Feng
  • Heng Shan
  • Heng Shun
  • Heng Tai
  • Heng Yu Long
  • Henghai
  • Hengqin Dao
  • Hengyang
  • Heping (Peace)
  • Heping Fangzhou (Peace Ark)
  • Heqing (Clear Rivers)

H, continued

  • Hero of Liangshan Marsh
  • Hidden Blade
  • Hohhot
  • Hong Qi (Red Flag)
  • Hong Yan (Wild Goose)
  • Hong Yun (Great Good Luck)
  • Hongfeng Hu
  • Honghu
  • Hongji (Great Crossing)
  • Hongze Hu
  • Horse Ship of the Guard
  • Hsien Ning (old spelling of Xianning)
  • Hu Jing (Orca)
  • Hu Sha (Tiger Shark)
  • Hua Hai
  • Hua Shan
  • Huai He
  • Huai'an
  • Huaiyuan (Cherishing the Distant)
  • Huang He (Yellow River)
  • Huang Shan
  • Huangpu Jiang
  • Huangshi
  • Huantai
  • Hubei
  • Huiji
  • Huikang (Kind Repose)
  • Huizhou
  • Hulun Hu
  • Hulunbuir
  • Hunan
  • Hundred Oars
  • Huwei
  • Huzhou

I: 5 names

  • Immortal of the Eastern Isles
  • Imperial Yellow Pennant
  • Incense for Safe Return
  • Ink Tide
  • Iron Lotus

J: 75 names

  • Jade Flute
  • Jade Hairpin
  • Jade Phoenix
  • Ji Di (Polar)
  • Ji Guang (Aurora)
  • Ji Hai 15
  • Ji Li (Good Luck)
  • Ji'an
  • Jia Geng
  • Jiahe (Auspicious Grain)
  • Jialing Jiang
  • Jian Yu (Swordfish)
  • Jian Zhen
  • Jian'an
  • Jiang An
  • Jiang Da
  • Jiang Feng
  • Jiang Han
  • Jiang Hua
  • Jiang Jing
  • Jiang Kuan
  • Jiang Ning
  • Jiang Ping
  • Jiang Shen
  • Jiang Shun
  • Jiang Tai
  • Jiang Tian
  • Jiang Tun (River Porpoise)
  • Jiang Xin
  • Jiang Yu
  • Jiang Yun
  • Jiangmen
  • Jiangsu
  • Jiangxi
  • Jiangyin
  • Jiankang
  • Jiansheng

J, continued

  • Jianwei
  • Jiaolong (Flood Dragon)
  • Jiaxing
  • Jilin
  • Jin Bao (Bringing in Treasure)
  • Jin Diao (Golden Eagle)
  • Jin Fu (Golden Fortune)
  • Jin Hua Xing Hao
  • Jin Li Lai
  • Jin Shun Fa
  • Jin Yu Man Tang (Gold and Jade Fill the Hall)
  • Jinan
  • Jindouyun (Somersault Cloud)
  • Jingbian
  • Jingbo
  • Jingdezhen
  • Jinggang Shan
  • Jinghai (Pacifying the Seas)
  • Jingjiang
  • Jingpo Hu
  • Jingqing
  • Jingwei
  • Jingyuan
  • Jingzhou
  • Jinhua
  • Jinjiang
  • Jinou
  • Jinsha Jiang
  • Jinwu (Golden Crow)
  • Jinxing (Golden Star)
  • Jiuhua Shan
  • Jiujiang
  • Jiulong Jiang
  • Jiuzhou (Nine Provinces)
  • Jiyuan
  • Ju Bao (Gathering Treasure)
  • Ju Lang (Great Wave)
  • Juhua Dao

K: 27 names

  • Kai Tuo (Pioneer)
  • Kaifeng
  • Kaiji
  • Kaiping
  • Kanas Hu
  • Kang Shun
  • Kang Tai
  • Kangji
  • Karamay
  • Kashgar
  • Keeper of the Sea Lanes
  • Kexue (Science)
  • Keying (old spelling of Qiying)
  • Kiang Chen (old spelling of Jiangzhen)
  • Kiang Heng (old spelling of Jiangheng)
  • Kiang Li (old spelling of Jiangli)
  • Kiang Yuan (old spelling of Jiangyuan)
  • Kingfisher Screen
  • Korla
  • Kuafu
  • Kuang Feng (Wild Wind)
  • Kuang Lan (Raging Billows)
  • Kunlun
  • Kunlun Shan
  • Kunming
  • Kunpeng
  • Kunshan

L: 50 names

  • Lacquer Swan
  • Laiyuan
  • Laizhou
  • Lamp of the Heavenly Consort
  • Lan Jing (Blue Whale)
  • Lancang Jiang
  • Lang Hua (Sea Spray)
  • Lantau Shadow
  • Lantern Festival Ferry
  • Lantern of Ten Thousand Rivers
  • Lanzhou
  • Lao Shan
  • Lei Ting (Thunderclap)
  • Leigong (Thunder Lord)
  • Leizhou Shark
  • Leshan
  • Li An
  • Li Siguang
  • Liangzi Hu
  • Lianyungang
  • Liao He
  • Lijiang
  • Lingbo (Skimming the Waves)
  • Linhai
  • Lintin Smuggler

L, continued

  • Linyi
  • Liugong Dao
  • Liuyang
  • Liuzhou
  • Lone Sail, Distant Shadow
  • Longgong (Dragon Palace)
  • Longhu Shan
  • Longjiang (Dragon River)
  • Longkou
  • Longwang (Dragon King)
  • Longwei
  • Longxiang
  • Lotus Gatherer's Skiff
  • Lotus Lantern
  • Lu Ban
  • Lu Ci (Cormorant)
  • Lu Feng 3
  • Lu Shan
  • Lugu Hu
  • Lümeimao (Green Eyebrow)
  • Luofu Shan
  • Luoma Hu
  • Luopan (Compass)
  • Luoyang
  • Luzhou

M: 32 names

  • Ma Huan
  • Ma'anshan
  • Macau Night Tide
  • Magnolia Oar
  • Man Zai (Full Load)
  • Man Zai Er Gui (Home with a Full Load)
  • Mandarin Duck
  • Manzhouli
  • Mao Sheng
  • Maoming
  • Master of the Nine Fords
  • Mat Sail Marauder
  • Mazu
  • Meiyun
  • Meizhou
  • Meizhou Dao
  • Mianyang
  • Min Chuan (old spelling of Minquan)
  • Min Fa 28
  • Min Jiang
  • Min Sheng (old spelling of Minsheng)
  • Ming Hai
  • Ming Yue (Bright Moon)
  • Mist and Rain
  • Mist on the Yangtze
  • Mogan Shan
  • Monkey King's Cudgel
  • Monsoon Envoy
  • Moon Gate
  • Moon over the Xiang
  • Moonlit Ferry at Guazhou
  • Mudanjiang

N: 27 names

  • Nan Hai Jiu 101
  • Nan Ji (South Pole)
  • Nan'ao Dao
  • Nanchen
  • Nandou (Southern Dipper)
  • Nanfeng (South Wind)
  • Nanji Dao
  • Nanjing
  • Nanning
  • Nanrui
  • Nansi Hu
  • Nantong
  • Nanyang
  • Nezha
  • Nian Nian You Yu (Abundance Every Year)
  • Night Boat to Hangzhou
  • Night Mooring by Maple Bridge
  • Night Toll at the Narrows
  • Nine Dragons' Fang
  • Nine Masts
  • Nine Rivers
  • Ning Hai (old spelling of Ninghai)
  • Ningbo
  • Ningbo Green Eyebrow
  • Ningxia
  • Ningyuan
  • Niulang (Cowherd)

O: 5 names

  • Oath of the Peach Garden
  • Orchid Boat
  • Ordos
  • Osmanthus Moon
  • Outlaw of the Marsh

P: 23 names

  • Painted Barge
  • Painted Eyes, Black Sails
  • Palembang Peacemaker
  • Peach Blossom Spring
  • Pearl Diver's Daughter
  • Pearl of Ceylon
  • Peng Hai
  • Penglai
  • Pepper of Cochin
  • Phoenix Hairpin
  • Pine Wind
  • Ping An (Safe and Sound)
  • Ping Hai (old spelling of Pinghai)
  • Pingbo (Leveling the Waves)
  • Pingtan Dao
  • Pingyuan
  • Plum Blossom Wind
  • Po Lang (Wave Breaker)
  • Porcelain for Hormuz
  • Poyang Hu
  • Pride of Longjiang
  • Puji
  • Putuo Shan

Q: 27 names

  • Qi Jiguang
  • Qi Yu (Sailfish)
  • Qian Sanqiang
  • Qiandao Hu
  • Qianjin (Forward)
  • Qianlong (Hidden Dragon)
  • Qianqiu (A Thousand Autumns)
  • Qiantang Jiang
  • Qihang (Setting Sail)
  • Qilian Shan
  • Qilin
  • Qing Feng Yu
  • Qing Niao (Bluebird)
  • Qingdao
  • Qinghai
  • Qinghai Hu
  • Qinghe (Pure Harmony)
  • Qinglong (Azure Dragon)
  • Qingyuan
  • Qinhuangdao
  • Qiong Hai 12
  • Qiqihar
  • Qiu Yue (Autumn Moon)
  • Quanzhou
  • Queen of the Ladrones
  • Queqiao (Magpie Bridge)
  • Qufu

R: 18 names

  • Rain on Plantain Leaves
  • Red Cliff
  • Red Flag Vanguard
  • Red Silk Sails
  • Reed Flute
  • Reef Tiger
  • Ren He
  • Ren He Li
  • Returning Sail
  • Rice Fleet Raider
  • Rivers and Lakes
  • Rongcheng
  • Rui An
  • Rui Chang
  • Rui Feng (Auspicious Abundance)
  • Rui Xing Long
  • Ruiyun (Auspicious Cloud)
  • Ruyi (As You Wish)

S: 75 names

  • Sail That Borrowed the East Wind
  • Salt Smuggler's Luck
  • Sandalwood Fan
  • Sandbar Pilot
  • Sanqing Shan
  • Sanya
  • Sapphire of Semudera
  • Sayram Hu
  • Scourge of Dianbai
  • Scrambling Dragon
  • Scroll of a Thousand Li
  • Seal of the Grand Director
  • Shaanxi
  • Shadow off Naozhou
  • Shan Dian (Lightning)
  • Shangchuan Dao
  • Shanghai
  • Shangrao
  • Shantou
  • Shanxi
  • Shaoguan
  • Shaoxing
  • Shaoxing Black Awning
  • Shen Kuo
  • Shen Qian Hao (Deep Dive)
  • Shengping (Peace and Plenty)
  • Shengsi
  • Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior)
  • Shenwei (Divine Might)
  • Shenyang
  • Shenzhen
  • Shenzhou (Divine Vessel)
  • Shichang
  • Shigatse
  • Shijiazhuang
  • Shijiu Hu
  • Shou Wang (Keeping Watch)

S, continued

  • Shuguang (Dawn Light)
  • Shun An (Smooth and Safe)
  • Shun Feng Shun Shui (Fair Wind, Fair Current)
  • Shun Li (Smooth Going)
  • Shun Tai
  • Shun Tai Chang
  • Shun Xing (Smooth and Thriving)
  • Shunfeng (Fair Wind)
  • Si Hai Wei Jia (At Home on the Four Seas)
  • Sichuan
  • Sihai (Four Seas)
  • Silent Oar
  • Silk for Calicut
  • Silk Moon
  • Sinan
  • Smuggler's Moon
  • Snow on the River at Dusk
  • Snow Plum
  • Song Shan
  • Songhua Hu
  • Songhua Jiang
  • Spring River in Flower and Moonlight
  • Squall out of Zhoushan
  • Star Raft
  • Star-Sighting Board
  • Stele of Tranquil Seas
  • Stinkpot Thrower
  • Straw Boats, Borrowed Arrows
  • Su Tong 88
  • Suifenhe
  • Suining
  • Suiyuan (Soothing the Distant)
  • Summer Monsoon
  • Suzhou
  • Suzhou He
  • Swallow Returning in Spring
  • Sword Light
  • Sword of the Southern Sect

T: 71 names

  • Ta Tung (old spelling of Datong)
  • Tai Feng (Typhoon)
  • Tai He (Great Harmony)
  • Tai Lai Xing
  • Tai Shan
  • Tai Yang (The Sun)
  • Tai'an
  • Taicang
  • Taihang Shan
  • Taihu
  • Taiji (Supreme Ultimate)
  • Taiping (Great Peace)
  • Taiping Gongzhu (Princess Taiping)
  • Taixu (Great Void)
  • Taiyuan
  • Taizhou
  • Talang (Treading the Waves)
  • Tanbao Hao (Treasure Seeker)
  • Tangshan
  • Tansuo Erhao (Exploration No. 2)
  • Tansuo Yihao (Exploration No. 1)
  • Taohua Dao
  • Tarim He
  • Tea Smoke
  • Teh Sheng (old spelling of Desheng)
  • Ten Thousand Li Under Sail
  • Ten Thousand Mountains Passed
  • Ten Thousand Peaks
  • Terror of the Pearl River
  • Thousand Bolts of Silk
  • Thousand Li Swallow
  • Thousand-Mile Eye
  • Three Gorges at Daybreak
  • Three Gorges Tracker
  • Three-Masted Menace

T, continued

  • Tian Hai
  • Tian Jing Hao (Heavenly Whale)
  • Tian Kun Hao
  • Tian Shan
  • Tianchi (Heavenly Lake)
  • Tianfei (Heavenly Consort)
  • Tiangong (Heavenly Palace)
  • Tianhou (Empress of Heaven)
  • Tianji
  • Tianjin
  • Tianlang (Heavenly Wolf)
  • Tianmu Shan
  • Tiantai Shan
  • Tianwei (Heaven's Might)
  • Tianwen (Questions to Heaven)
  • Tianxia (All Under Heaven)
  • Tianya (Edge of the Sky)
  • Tianzhou (Heavenly Vessel)
  • Tide at Qiantang
  • Tiger of the Bogue
  • Tiger of the Yangtze
  • Tinglan (Listening to the Waves)
  • Tong Fu Xing
  • Tong Hai
  • Tong Sheng
  • Tong Yu Feng
  • Tong Zhou Gong Ji (Same Boat, Crossing Together)
  • Tongji
  • Tonkin Gulf Raider
  • Treasure of the Western Ocean
  • Tribute Bearer
  • Tribute Grain
  • Tse Chiang (old spelling of Ziqiang)
  • Tuanjie (Unity)
  • Turpan
  • Twelve Sails

U: 1 name

  • Urumqi

V: 2 names

  • Vermilion Sail
  • Voice of the Bronze Bell

W: 43 names

  • Wan Bao (Ten Thousand Treasures)
  • Wan Chang Long
  • Wan Fu Lai
  • Wan Jiang 168
  • Wan Li Fa
  • Wan Shun (All Goes Smoothly)
  • Wan'an (All at Peace)
  • Wanbang (Ten Thousand Realms)
  • Wandering Blade
  • Wanghai (Sea Gazer)
  • Wanli (Ten Thousand Li)
  • Wannianqing
  • Wave-Treading Swallow
  • Wei He
  • Wei Sheng (old spelling of Weisheng)
  • Weifang
  • Weihai
  • Weijing
  • Weishan Hu
  • Weiyuan
  • Weizhou Dao

W, continued

  • Wenzhou
  • Whale Rider of the Southern Sea
  • White Banner Ghost
  • White Heron
  • White Snake of West Lake
  • Wild Geese over Dongting
  • Willow Ferry
  • Willows of the Sui Dike
  • Wind Through the Pines
  • Wind-Following Ear
  • Winter Monsoon
  • Wolf of the Wenzhou Coast
  • Wu Jiang
  • Wu Ying (Shadowless)
  • Wudang Shan
  • Wuhan
  • Wuhu
  • Wukong
  • Wuling Shan
  • Wutai Shan
  • Wuyi Shan
  • Wuzhi Shan

X: 44 names

  • Xi Hu (West Lake)
  • Xi'an
  • Xiamen
  • Xian He (Crane of the Immortals)
  • Xianfeng (Vanguard)
  • Xiang Jiang
  • Xiang Tai
  • Xiang Yang Hong 09
  • Xiang Yun Kou
  • Xiangyang
  • Xiangyun (Lucky Clouds)
  • Xianyang
  • Xiaoyao (Free and Easy)
  • Xihe
  • Xin Dalian
  • Xin Fuzhou
  • Xin Guang Hua
  • Xin Hong Tai
  • Xin Ningbo
  • Xin Qingdao
  • Xin Shanghai
  • Xin Tian Weng (Albatross)

X, continued

  • Xin Xiamen
  • Xin'an Jiang
  • Xing Fu
  • Xing He (River of Stars)
  • Xing Long (Thriving)
  • Xing Sheng
  • Xingkai Hu
  • Xining
  • Xinyang
  • Xiyang (Western Ocean)
  • Xu Fu
  • Xu Ri (Rising Sun)
  • Xu Xiake
  • Xuande (Proclaimed Virtue)
  • Xuanwei (Proclaiming Might)
  • Xuanwu (Black Tortoise)
  • Xuanwu Hu
  • Xue Dao (Blood Blade)
  • Xue Long (Snow Dragon)
  • Xue Long 2
  • Xue Ying (Snow Eagle)
  • Xuzhou

Y: 72 names

  • Yalu Jiang
  • Yan'an
  • Yancheng
  • Yandang Shan
  • Yangbo (Raising the Waves)
  • Yangcheng Hu
  • Yangfan (Hoisting Sail)
  • Yangjiang
  • Yangwei
  • Yangwu
  • Yangzhou
  • Yantai
  • Yaochi (Jasper Pool)
  • Yaohua
  • Yaowei (Shining Might)
  • Yat Sen (old spelling of Yixian)
  • Ye Cha (Yaksha)
  • Ye Xing (Night Traveler)
  • Yellow Banner Toll
  • Yi Fan Feng Shun (Smooth Sailing All the Way)
  • Yi Lu Ping An (Safe All the Way)
  • Yibin
  • Yichang
  • Yichang Rapids Runner
  • Yimeng Shan
  • Yin He (Silver River)
  • Yinchuan
  • Ying Swei (old spelling of Yingrui)
  • Yinglong (Winged Dragon)
  • Yingya (Ocean Shores)
  • Yingzhou
  • Yiwu
  • Yixin
  • Yong Fa (Ever Prospering)
  • Yong Gan (Brave)
  • Yong Mao Sheng

Y, continued

  • Yong'an (Lasting Peace)
  • Yongbao
  • Yongfu (Lasting Blessing)
  • Yongle (Lasting Joy)
  • Yongning (Eternal Peace)
  • You Sun (Peregrine)
  • Youyi (Friendship)
  • Yu An
  • Yu Chang Tai
  • Yu Feng (Rich Abundance)
  • Yu Hai
  • Yu Kun
  • Yu Man Cang (Hold Full of Fish)
  • Yu Peng
  • Yu Ying (Osprey)
  • Yuan Fa
  • Yuan Wang (Long View)
  • Yuan Yang (Distant Ocean)
  • Yuanhang (Distant Voyage)
  • Yuankai
  • Yue An 66
  • Yuejin (Leap Forward)
  • Yueyang
  • Yuhuang (Jade Emperor)
  • Yun Fan (Cloud Sail)
  • Yung Chi (old spelling of Yongji)
  • Yung Chien (old spelling of Yongjian)
  • Yung Feng (old spelling of Yongfeng)
  • Yung Hsiang (old spelling of Yongxiang)
  • Yung Sui (old spelling of Yongsui)
  • Yunnan
  • Yuntai Shan
  • Yushi (Rain Master)
  • Yutu (Jade Rabbit)
  • Yuyuan
  • Yuzhang

Z: 47 names

  • Zhang Heng
  • Zhang Jian
  • Zhangjiagang
  • Zhangjiakou
  • Zhangzhou
  • Zhangzi Dao
  • Zhanjiang
  • Zhao Cai (Beckoning Wealth)
  • Zhaoqing
  • Zhaowu
  • Zhaoyuan
  • Zhe Xing 8
  • Zhejiang
  • Zhenbei
  • Zhenbian
  • Zhenbo
  • Zhendong
  • Zheng He
  • Zhengzhou
  • Zhenhai
  • Zhenjiang
  • Zhenlan (Subduing the Billows)
  • Zhennan

Z, continued

  • Zhentao (Subduing the Breakers)
  • Zhenwei
  • Zhenwu (True Warrior)
  • Zhenxi
  • Zhenyang
  • Zhenyuan
  • Zhenzhong
  • Zhifu Dao
  • Zhinan (South Pointer)
  • Zhinü (Weaver Girl)
  • Zhiyuan
  • Zhong Cheng (Loyal)
  • Zhongnan Shan
  • Zhoushan
  • Zhu Hai Yun
  • Zhu Jiang (Pearl River)
  • Zhu Kezhen
  • Zhuhai
  • Zhulang (Chasing the Waves)
  • Zhuque (Vermilion Bird)
  • Zhurong
  • Zhuzhou
  • Zu Chongzhi
  • Zunyi