潜
移
默
化

Imperceptible influence in Chinese: 潜移默化 (qián yí mò huà)

qián yí mò huà

imperceptible influence

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 潛移默化1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1imperceptible influence
  2. 2to influence secretly

Stroke order

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潜
移
默
化

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄧˊ

yí

ㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

ㄇㄛˋ

mò

ㄇ/ mㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

潜移默化

Simplified

潛移默化

Traditional

Example sentences

See 潜移默化 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 父母的行为会潜移默化地影响孩子。

    fù mǔ de xíng wéi huì qián yí mò huà dì yǐng xiǎng hái zi。

    Parents' behavior imperceptibly influences their children.

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Related words

化

huà

to make into

移

yí

to move

变化

biàn huà

(intransitive) to change

文化

wén huà

culture

幽默

yōu mò

(loanword) humor

沉默

chén mò

taciturn

化学

huà xué

chemistry

融化

róng huà

to melt

消化

xiāo huà

to digest (food)

移动

yí dòng

to move

移民

yí mín

to immigrate

默默

mò mò

in silence

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