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潜水

潜水 qiánshuǐ

潜水 qiánshuǐ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 潜水 qiánshuǐ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiánshuǐ | qian2 shui3
English translation
to dive
to go under water
lurker (Internet slang for sb who reads forum posts but never replies)

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About 潜水 qiánshuǐ

Read some general information about the Chinese word 潜水 qiánshuǐ .

Traditional form

潛水

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 潜水 qiánshuǐ

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 潜水 qiánshuǐ .

qián

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of qián .

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵替

Number of Strokes

15
Shuǐ

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a river.

Positional decomposition

jué

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 潜水 qiánshuǐ

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不一会儿, 潜水艇 qián shuǐ tǐng nèi 所有 suǒyǒu de 东西 dōngxī dōu 扣紧 le .

Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up.

zài xiǎng 我们 wǒmen 可以 kěyǐ 来趟浪漫 làngmàn de 渡轮 dù lún háng ,或是 huò shì shǎng 潜水 qiánshuǐ .

I was thinking about a romantic cruise or scuba diving lessons.

12 suì shí 开始 kāishǐ shǎng le dài 水肺 shuǐ fèi 潜水 qiánshuǐ .

I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.

zài 巴厘岛 Bā lí Dǎo 蜜月 mì yuè shí 学会 xué huì le dài 水肺 shuǐ fèi 潜水 qiánshuǐ .

While on honeymoon in Bali, she learned to scuba dive.

潜水 qiánshuǐ 学校 xuéxiào 获得 huòdé 潜水 qiánshuǐ 用水 fèi de 特许 tè xǔ 经营权.

The diving school has acquired a franchise for scuba equipment.

潜水 qiánshuǐ Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 潜水 qiánshuǐ and their own compounds.

潜水 qiánshuǐ Compounds

See all 151 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 潜水 qiánshuǐ in their composition.

  • qián
    • Shuǐ
      • yǒng
        • qiú
          • qiú , jiù , qiú , qiú , qiú , qiú , Qiú , 絿 qiú , qiú , qiú , , , , , , , , , , ,
        • yàng
        • yǒng , mài , yǒng , chǎng , , , , , yǒng
        • 绿, bāo , liù , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • bīng
      • 尿 niào
      • quán
        • xiàn , xún , quán , , , , , xiàn , , , , ,
      • bèng
      • gǒng
        • , , hòng
        • , , , , , ,
      • tǔn
          • , , , ,
        • shǔ
          • nián , chī , ,
      • cuān
      • zhěng
      • xíng
      • jiāng , dàng , yàng , dàng , , yuān , miǎo , , jiǒng , xx , , xíng , mài , yǐng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 漿 jiāng , , , , , pīng , , , ,
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