潜 qián
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 替 to change, to replace, to substitute for
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
潜在
qiánzài
potential; latent
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 这座老房子里藏着不少潜在的安全隐患。 Zhè zuò lǎo fángzi lǐ cángzhe bù shǎo qiánzài de ānquán yǐnhuàn. This old house hides quite a few potential safety hazards.
- 公司正积极开拓潜在的市场。 Gōngsī zhèng jījí kāituò qiánzài de shìchǎng. The company is actively expanding into potential markets.
- 他身上有一种潜在的音乐天赋，只是还没被发现。 Tā shēnshang yǒu yī zhǒng qiánzài de yīnyuè tiānfù, zhǐshì hái méi bèi fāxiàn. He has a latent musical talent that simply has not been discovered yet.
Related words
- 潜力 qiánlì potential
- 潜伏 qiánfú to lurk; to lie hidden; to be latent
- 潜能 qiánnéng potential; latent capacity
- 潜入 qiánrù to sneak into; to infiltrate; to dive into
- 潜水 qiánshuǐ to dive; diving; to lurk online
- 潜艇 qiántǐng submarine
- 潜心 qiánxīn to devote oneself wholeheartedly to
- 潜移默化 qiányímòhuà imperceptible influence; to influence gradually and subtly
- 现在 xiànzài now
- 在 zài at, in; to be (somewhere)
- 在家 zàijiā at home
- 正在 zhèngzài in the middle of (doing), -ing