船只 chuánzhī ship
ship; boat; vessel
How to remember 船只: 船 ship + 只 only = ship.
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How it is used
- Ships/vessels as a collective category - 过往船只 (guòwǎng chuánzhī) passing ships.
- A group/mass noun: 船只 covers boats and ships in general, used in reports; a single boat is just 船 (chuán) or 一艘船.
- 只 here is the counter-turned-suffix (read zhī), not 'only'.