潛水

See also: 潜水

Chinese

		hidden; latent; secret hidden; latent; secret; to hide; to conceal; to submerge	water; river
trad. (潛水)		潛	水
simp. (潜水)		潜	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánshuǐ, qiǎnshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cim⁴ seoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâm-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-shui³
  - Yale: chyán-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshoei
  - Palladius: цяньшуй (cjanʹšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnshuǐ [Phonetic: qiánshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎnshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien³-shui³
  - Yale: chyǎn-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheanshoei
  - Palladius: цяньшуй (cjanʹšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    淺水／浅水
    潛水／潜水
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cim⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: chìhm séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsim⁴ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qim⁴ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâm-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiâm-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

潛水

to dive; to go under water
(Internet slang) to lurk; to view an internet forum or chat without participating in the discussion
(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) to disappear for a long period of time
(Hong Kong Cantonese, taxi jargon) to cross the Victoria Harbour

Synonyms

(to dive):
- (obsolete, Hakka) 沒水／没水 (mòshuǐ)
- (Cantonese, Hakka) 沕水
- (Eastern Min, Hokkien) 沬水
- (Hokkien) 沉沬, 鑽水沬／钻水沬, 秤錘沬／秤锤沬, 倀沬／伥沬, 踮水沬, 藏水沬, 降水沬
- (Xiang) 𩑦沕子, 射沕子
(to cross the Victoria Harbour):
- 過海／过海 (gwo³ hoi²)

Derived terms

Noun

潛水

(Internet slang) lurker

Synonyms

潛水員／潜水员 (qiánshuǐyuán)

Korean

Hanja in this term
潛	水

Noun

潛水 • (jamsu) (hangeul 잠수)

hanja form^? of 잠수 (“submersion”)