潜 (潛) qián

1. qián adjective to hide; to be secret
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '潛'; Guoyu '潛' v 2; Kroll 2015 '潛' 2, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '潛', p. 126; Unihan '潛'; XHZD '潛' 2, p. 595)
2. qián verb to move under water; to be submerged
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '潛'; Guoyu '潛' v 1; Kroll 2015 '潛' 1, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '潛', p. 126; XHZD '潛' 1, p. 595)
3. qián adverb secretly; covertly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '潛' 1b, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '潛', p. 126; XHZD '潛' 3, p. 595)
4. qián adjective latent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '潛' 1a, p. 361; Unihan '潛')
5. qián verb to die
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '潛' 1d, p. 361)
6. qián verb to probe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '潛' 3a, p. 361)
7. qián proper noun Qian
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Title of a section in the 诗经 Book of Songs (Guoyu '潛' 2)
8. qián verb retired
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '潛', p. 126)

Contained in

• 潜藏隐伏(潛藏隱伏) to lie in hiding
• 普通潜鸟(普通潛鳥) common loon (Gavia immer)
• 潜水(潛水) to dive; to go under water; lurker (Internet slang for somebody who reads forum posts but never replies)
• 赤嘴潜鸭(赤嘴潛鴨) red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
• 浮潜(浮潛) to snorkel
• 沉潜(沉潛) to lurk under water; to immerse oneself in (study etc); to lie low; to keep a low profile; quiet; reserved
• 帆背潜鸭(帆背潛鴨) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
• 潜水夫症(潛水夫症) bends
• 潜滋暗长(潛滋暗長) to secretly grow
• 潜泳(潛泳) diving; skin diving
• 潜热(潛熱) latent heat
• 红头潜鸭(紅頭潛鴨) common pochard (Aythya ferina)
• 潜龙(潛龍) hidden dragon
• 潜水夫病(潛水夫病) bends
• 潜舰(潛艦) a submarine
• 潜在危险度(潛在危險度) latent hazard
• 黑喉潜鸟(黑喉潛鳥) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
• 潜育土(潛育土) Gleyosols
• 潜匿(潛匿) to hide
• 青头潜鸭(青頭潛鴨) Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
• 潜入(潛入) to submerge; to infiltrate; to steal into
• 斑背潜鸭(斑背潛鴨) greater scaup (Aythya marila)
• 反潜(反潛) anti-submarine; antisubmarine
• 潜移暗化(潛移暗化) concealed moves, hidden changes; subtle influences
• 猎潜艇(獵潛艇) anti-submarine vessel
• 潜鸟(潛鳥) loon (bird of genus Gavia)
• 潜伏芽(潛伏芽) hidden buds
• 潜水员(潛水員) diver; frogman
• 攻击型核潜艇(攻擊型核潛艇) nuclear-powered attack submarine
• 潜水服(潛水服) diving suit; wetsuit
• 潜师(潛師) covert military operation
• 潜龙伏虎(潛龍伏虎) a hidden dragon subdues a tiger
• 弃保潜逃(棄保潛逃) to jump bail
• 潜居(潛居) to live in hiding; to live in retirement
• 潜望镜(潛望鏡) periscope
• 红喉潜鸟(紅喉潛鳥) red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
• 潜规则(潛規則) unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
• 潜听(潛聽) overhear
• 潜行(潛行) to slink; to move stealthily; to advance through the water
• 凤头潜鸭(鳳頭潛鴨) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
• 潜质(潛質) potential
• 戢鳞潜翼(戢鱗潛翼) to restrain use of scales and hide wings; to hide special skills
• 潜龙勿用(潛龍勿用) a hidden dragon is no use
• 潜台词(潛臺詞) unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext; implicit assertion
• 潜踪(潛蹤) to move in secret

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潜江 、 潜夫论 、 潜江市 、 潜山县 、 潜山 、 潜在语义索引

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Collocations

• 潜思 (潛思) 朕祗懼潛思 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七 孝桓帝紀 Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Xiaohuan — count: 5
• 潜遣 (潛遣) 而潛遣奇兵出吳漢軍後 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十三 隗囂公孫述列傳 Volume 13: Biographies of Wei Xiao; Gongsun Shu — count: 4
• 潜处 (潛處) 潛處于深巖 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 3
• 渊潜 (淵潛) 淵潛以自珍 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十八 賈誼傳 Volume 48: Jia Yi — count: 3
• 阳气潜 (陽氣潛) 陽氣潛萌于黃宮 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 3
• 龙潜 (龍潛) 亨龍潛升 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷六 問明 Chapter 6: Asking about Wisdom — count: 3
• 救潜 (救潛) 帥師救潛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
• 潜使 (潛使) 而潛使銳卒從小平津過津北 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo — count: 2
• 蛟潜 (蛟潛) 蛟潛於淵 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 2
• 测潜 (測潛) 測潛隱之無源 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十二 崔駰列傳 Volume 52: Biography of Cui Yin — count: 2