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潜

qián

HSK 6 Character Traditional 潛

What 潜 means

1. hidden
2. secret
3. latent
4. to hide
5. to conceal
6. to submerge
7. to dive

Example sentences

• 你能潜水吗？
  Nǐ néng qiánshuǐ ma?
  Can you swim underwater?
• 她充满潜力。
  Tā chōngmǎn qiánlì.
  She is full of potential.
• 他携款潜逃。
  Tā xiékuǎn qiántáo.
  He absconded with the money.
• 我潜入了河里。
  Wǒ qiánrù le hé lǐ.
  I dived into the river.
• 有领导潜力吗？
  Do you have leadership potential?
• 他有极大的潜力。
  Tā yǒu jídà de qiánlì.
  He has enormous potential.

Words starting with 潜

• 潜力qián lìpotential; latent capacity
• 潜水qián shuǐto dive; to go under water; (in an online forum) to lurk
• 潜移默化qián yí mò huàimperceptible influence; to influence secretly
• 潜在qián zàihidden; potential; latent
• 潜意识qián yì shíunconscious mind; subconscious mind; subconsciousness
• 潜能qián néngpotential; hidden capability
• 潜艇qián tǐnga submarine
• 潜入qián rùto submerge; to infiltrate; to steal into
• 潜伏qián fúto hide; to cover up; to conceal
• 潜心qián xīnto concentrate fully on sth; single-minded
• 潜逃qián táoto abscond; to slink off
• 潜藏qián cánghidden beneath the surface; buried and concealed
• 潜质qián zhìpotential
• 潜水艇qián shuǐ tǐnga submarine
• 潜台词qián tái cíunspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext…
• 潜水员qián shuǐ yuándiver; frogman
• 潜影qián yǐngto hide; latent image (in photography)
• 潜没qián mòto submerge; to subduct (of tectonic plates)
• 潜热qián rèlatent heat
• 潜移qián yíintangible changes; unnoticed transformation; changes behind the scenes
• 潜行qián xíngto slink; to move stealthily; to advance through the water
• 潜近qián jìnto sneak up on
• 潜进qián jìnto sneak in; to infiltrate
• 潜力股qián lì gǔstock that has potential to increase in value; (fig.) sb with good prospects

Words containing 潜

• 核潜艇hé qián tǐngnuclear submarine
• 反潜fǎn qiánanti-submarine; antisubmarine
• 有潜力yǒu qián lìpromising; showing potential
• 技术潜水jì shù qián shuǐtechnical diving
• 自由潜水zì yóu qián shuǐfreediving; skin diving
• 弃保潜逃qì bǎo qián táoto jump bail
• 沉潜chén qiánto lurk under water; to immerse oneself in (study etc); to lie low; to keep a low profile
• 陶潜Táo QiánTao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶渊明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
• 普通潜鸟pǔ tōng qián niǎo(bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer)
• 黄嘴潜鸟huáng zuǐ qián niǎo(bird species of China) yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)
• 太平洋潜鸟Tài píng Yáng qián niǎo(bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
• 浮潜fú qiánto snorkel
• 猎潜liè qiánanti-submarine (warfare)
• 猎潜艇liè qián tǐnganti-submarine vessel
• 畏罪潜逃wèi zuì qián táoto flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice
• 红喉潜鸟hóng hóu qián niǎo(bird species of China) red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
• 黑喉潜鸟hēi hóu qián niǎo(bird species of China) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
• 帆背潜鸭fān bèi qián yā(bird species of China) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
• 斑背潜鸭bān bèi qián yā(bird species of China) greater scaup (Aythya marila)
• 红头潜鸭hóng tóu qián yā(bird species of China) common pochard (Aythya ferina)
• 赤嘴潜鸭chì zuǐ qián yā(bird species of China) red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
• 青头潜鸭qīng tóu qián yā(bird species of China) Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
• 凤头潜鸭fèng tóu qián yā(bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

Characters that look like 潜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
• 慢mànslow
• 澄chéngclear; limpid; to clarify
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 僭jiàn(bound form) to overstep one's authority
• 漕cáoto transport (esp. grain) by water; (literary) watercourse; canal

Sounds the same

Read qián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 前front; forward; ahead
• 钱coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 乾one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; male principle; ☰
• 黔(literary) black; to blacken
• 钳pincers; pliers; tongs
• 荨used in 荨麻; also pr. xún
• 虔to act with reverence; reverent
• 掮to carry on the shoulder
• 箝pliers; pincers; to clamp
• 钤latch of door; seal
• 揵carry
• 拑pliers; pincers; to clamp