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qián Meaning

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

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About qián

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

qián

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of qián

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵朁

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

cǎn

Explanation

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

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Words with qián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
潜力 qiánlì potential潛力
潜在 qián zài hidden潛在
qián hidden 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

qián Decomposition & Compounds

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