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潜 qián

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潜 qián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qián | qian2
English translation
hidden
secret
latent
to hide
to conceal
to submerge
to dive
to hide; secret, latent, hidden

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About 潜 qián

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

潛 qián

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of 潜 qián

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵替

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

替 tì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 替 tì represents the sound. Simplified form of 潛 qián .

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Example sentences using 潜 qián

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那个 nà ge 贼 zéi 悄悄地潜入 qián rù 房子 fáng zi .

The thief stealthily stole into the house.

那 Nā 贼 zéi 偷偷 tōu tōu 地 de 在 zài 走廊 zǒuláng 上 shǎng 潜 qián 行 háng .

The thief crept along the corridor.

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

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

我 wǒ 在 zài 想 xiǎng 我们 wǒmen 可以 kěyǐ 来趟浪漫 làngmàn 的 de 渡轮 dù lún 行 háng ,或是 huò shì 去 qù 上 shǎng 潜水 qiánshuǐ 课 kè .

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

他们 tā men 把 bǎ 潜艇 qián tǐng 困 kùn 在 zài 巢穴 cháoxué 里 lǐ ,使 shǐ 其 qí 无法 wú fǎ 出击 chū jī .

They bottled up the submarines in their nest.

Words with 潜 qián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
潜力 qiánlì potential潛力
潜在 qián zài hidden潛在
潜 qián hidden潛 qián
潜水 qiánshuǐ to dive潛水
潜艇 qián tǐng submarine潛艇
潜入 qián rù to submerge潛入
潜意识 qián yì shí unconscious mind潛意識
潜能 qián néng potential潛能
潜伏 qián fú to hide潛伏
潜质 qián zhì potential潛質
潜逃 qián táo to abscond潛逃
潜水员 qián shuǐ yuán diver潛水員
潜水艇 qián shuǐ tǐng submarine潛水艇
潜心 qián xīn single-minded潛心
潜移默化 qiányímòhuà imperceptible influence潛移默化
潜藏 qián cáng buried and concealed潛藏
潜伏期 qián fú qī incubation period (of disease)潛伏期
潜台词 qián tái cí subtext潛臺詞
反潜 fǎn qián anti-submarine反潛
潜行 qián xíng to slink潛行
潜望镜 qián wàng jìng periscope潛望鏡
潜水衣 qián shuǐ yī diving suit潛水衣
陶潜 Táo Qián Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶渊明 Táo Yuān míng |陶淵明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet陶潛
潜江 Qián jiāng Qianjiang sub-prefecture level city in Hubei潛江

潜 qián Decomposition & Compounds

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潜 qián Decomposition

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