The Chinese word for canoe is
独木舟

dú mù zhōu

canoe

Chinese Definition

canoe
1. 独木舟
2. 圆木舟
3. 皮舟
4. 划独木舟
5. 独乘木舟
Components
独
1. Simplified form of 獨
木
1. tree; woody plant
Synonyms: 樹
樹木 - tree
灌木 - shrub
木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
木頭tou - log
3. wooden
這張桌子是木的。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
棺木 - coffin
就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
麻木 - numb, insensitive
她手指凍木了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
舟
1. (literary) boat
同舟共濟 - to pull together in times of trouble, lit=to cross a river in the same boat
2. (obsolete) to ride in a boat; to sail a boat