潜水 meaning in English

qiánshuǐ

to dive; to go under water

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 潛水19 strokes

Meaning of 潜水

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

潜水 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ能néng潜qián水shuǐ吗ma?
Can you swim underwater?
汤tāng姆mǔ穿chuān著zhù潜qián水shuǐ服fú。
Tom is wearing a wetsuit.
你nǐ曾céng试shì过guò用yòng水shuǐ肺fèi潜qián水shuǐ吗ma?
Have you ever tried scuba diving?

Stroke order for each character

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潜 qián · to hide · 15 strokes

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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 潜水.

水果shuǐguǒfruit
水平shuǐpínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
药水yàoshuǐmedicine in liquid form; bottled medicine
凉水liángshuǐcool water; unboiled water
海水hǎishuǐseawater
汽水qìshuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink
泪水lèishuǐteardrop; tears
矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water
开水kāishuǐboiled water; boiling water
纯净水chúnjìngshuǐpurified water
雨水yǔshuǐrainwater; rainfall; rain
水分shuǐfènmoisture content; (fig.) overstatement; padding

Questions about 潜水

What does 潜水 mean?

潜水 (qiánshuǐ) means "to dive; to go under water" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 潜水?

潜水 is made of 2 characters: 潜 (15 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 潜水 an HSK word?

Yes. 潜水 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 潜水 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 潜水 is written 潛水.