潜
hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive
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How 潜 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 替 (phonetic, tì)
How to remember it
submerge · Heisig RSH #1979
水 water + 替 replace
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 潜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜水夫病 | qián shuǐ fū bìng | bends |
| 潜山市 | Qián shān Shì | Qianshan, a county-level city in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui |
| 太平洋潜鸟 | Tài píng Yáng qián niǎo | (bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica) |
| 有潜力 | yǒu qián lì | promising; showing potential |
| 潜水器 | qián shuǐ qì | submersible |
| 潜水者 | qián shuǐ zhě | (underwater) diver |
| 潜江市 | Qián jiāng shì | Qianjiang sub-prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 潜水夫症 | qián shuǐ fū zhèng | bends |
| 黄嘴潜鸟 | huáng zuǐ qián niǎo | (bird species of China) yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii) |
| 普通潜鸟 | pǔ tōng qián niǎo | (bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer) |
| 潜水员 | qián shuǐ yuán | diver; frogman |
| 自由潜水 | zì yóu qián shuǐ | freediving |
| 潜台词 | qián tái cí | unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext; (fig.) implicit asse… |
| 潜水服 | qián shuǐ fú | diving suit; wetsuit |
| 潜水衣 | qián shuǐ yī | diving suit |
| 潜水刀 | qián shuǐ dāo | dive knife |
| 技术潜水 | jì shù qián shuǐ | technical diving |
| 潜山 | Qián shān | see 潛山市|潜山市[Qian2 shan1 Shi4] |
| 潜水 | qián shuǐ | to dive; to go under water; (in an online forum) to lurk |
| 潜心 | qián xīn | to concentrate fully on sth; single-minded |