| 舷梯 | xián tī | gangway; ramp (to board a ship or plane) | |
| 船舷 | chuán xián | sides of a ship; ship's railing; fig. the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges | |
| 左舷 | zuǒ xián | port (side of a ship) | |
| 右舷 | yòu xián | starboard (of a ship) |
| 1 | What is your freeboard? | |
| 2 | Untie the handrail rope. Get ready the fenders. | |
| 3 | We just lost tire pressure on the left outboard and left inboard, both tires. | |
| 4 | In this case the outboard functions like an inboard with many of the advantages of both. | |
| 5 | The missiles are located along the ship broadsides, look very impressive and make it easy to differentiate between Varyag and other ships. |