潜 (潛) qián
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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; Unihan '潛'; XHZD '潛' 2, p. 595) -
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; XHZD '潛' 1, p. 595) -
qián
adverb
secretly; covertly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '潛' 1b, p. 361; XHZD '潛' 3, p. 595) -
qián
adjective
latent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '潛' 1a, p. 361; Unihan '潛') -
qián
verb
to die
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '潛' 1d, p. 361) -
qián
verb
to probe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '潛' 3a, p. 361) -
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)
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- 潜能(潛能) potential; hidden capability
- 潜水夫症(潛水夫症) bends
- 潜踪(潛蹤) in hiding
- 帆背潜鸭(帆背潛鴨) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
- 潜移默化(潛移默化) concealed moves, silent changes; subtle influences
- 潜水(潛水) to dive; to go under water; lurker (Internet slang for somebody who reads forum posts but never replies)
- 潜意识(潛意識) subconscious mind; subconsciousness
- 潜力(潛力) potential; capacity; hidden strength
- 斑背潜鸭(斑背潛鴨) greater scaup (Aythya marila)
- 潜鸟(潛鳥) loon (bird of genus Gavia)
- 陶潜(陶潛) Tao Qian
- 导弹潜艇(導彈潛艇) (guided) missile submarine
- 潜台词(潛臺詞) unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext; implicit assertion
- 有潜力(有潛力) promising; showing potential
- 潜在(潛在) hidden; secret; latent
- 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)
- 潜望镜(潛望鏡) periscope
- 浮潜器具(浮潛器具) diving equipment
- 青头潜鸭(青頭潛鴨) Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
- 导弹核潜艇(導彈核潛艇) nuclear-powered missile submarine
- 潜影(潛影) to hide; latent image
- 潜入(潛入) to submerge; to infiltrate; to steal into
- 潜师(潛師) covert military operation
- 潜神默记(潛神默記) to devote oneself to a task in silence
- 潜热(潛熱) latent heat
- 潜移(潛移) intangible changes; unnoticed transformation; changes behind the scenes
- 猎潜艇(獵潛艇) anti-submarine vessel
- 潜舰(潛艦) a submarine
- 普通潜鸟(普通潛鳥) common loon (Gavia immer)
- 潜藏(潛藏) to hide; to conceal
- 潜在媒介(潛在媒介) potential vector
- 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
- 潜心(潛心) to concentrate single-mindedly
- 戢鳞潜翼(戢鱗潛翼) to restrain use of scales and hide wings; to hide special skills
- 红喉潜鸟(紅喉潛鳥) red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
- 太平洋潜鸟(太平洋潛鳥) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
- 潜水员(潛水員) diver; frogman
- 潜水艇(潛水艇) submarine
- 潜力股(潛力股) stock that has potential to increase in value; somebody with good prospects
- 潜伏(潛伏) to lurk; to conceal; to hide
- 潜伏期(潛伏期) incubation period (of disease)
- 潜水装备拖轮箱(潛水裝備拖輪箱) diving bag; diving suitcase
- 潜水衣(潛水衣) diving suit
- 潜没(潛沒) to submerge; to subduct (of tectonic plates)
- 潜移暗化(潛移暗化) concealed moves, hidden changes; subtle influences
- 潜逃无踪(潛逃無蹤) to abscond without leaving a trace
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- 潜龙 (潛龍) 潛龍勿用 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 16
- 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
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- 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
- 龙潜 (龍潛) 亨龍潛升 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷六 問明 Chapter 6: Asking about Wisdom — 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
- 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
- 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
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