潜
水

To dive in Chinese: 潜水 (qián shuǐ)

qián shuǐ

to dive

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 潛水1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to dive
  2. 2to go under water
  3. 3(in an online forum) to lurk

Stroke order

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潜
水

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shuǐ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

潜水

Simplified

潛水

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们去海里潜水看鱼。

    wǒ men qù hǎi lǐ qián shuǐ kàn yú。

    We went diving in the sea to look at fish.

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Related words

水

shuǐ

water

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

胶水

jiāo shuǐ

glue

药水

yào shuǐ

medicine in liquid form

凉水

liáng shuǐ

cool water

海水

hǎi shuǐ

seawater

开水

kāi shuǐ

boiled water

泪水

lèi shuǐ

teardrop

汽水

qì shuǐ

soda pop

水分

shuǐ fèn

moisture content

水库

shuǐ kù

reservoir

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