潛蹤

Chinese

		hidden; latent; secret hidden; latent; secret; to hide; to conceal; to submerge	footprint; trace; tracks
trad. (潛蹤/潛踪)		潛	蹤/踪
simp. (潜踪)		潜	踪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánzōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim⁴ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánzōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánzong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tsung¹
    • Yale: chyán-dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantzong
    • Palladius: цяньцзун (cjanʹczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: chìhm jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

潛蹤

1. (usually derogatory) to cover one's tracks; to go into hiding

   • 農會勢盛地方，牌賭禁絕，盜匪潛蹤。 [MSC, trad.]
     农会势盛地方，牌赌禁绝，盗匪潜踪。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Nónghuì shì shèng dìfāng, páidǔ jìnjué, dàofěi qiánzōng. [Pinyin]

     Where the peasant association is powerful, gambling has stopped altogether and banditry has vanished.