沉潛

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	hidden; latent; secret hidden; latent; secret; to hide; to conceal; to submerge
trad. (沉潛)		沉	潛
simp. (沉潜)		沉	潜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéncián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-chʻien²
    • Yale: chén-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernchyan
    • Palladius: чэньцянь (čɛnʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

Verb

沉潛

1. to stay under water
2. to concentrate one’s mind

Synonyms

• (to concentrate one's mind):

• 上心 (shàngxīn)
• 專心／专心 (zhuānxīn)
• 專注 (zhuānzhù)
• 敬 (jìng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 潛心／潜心 (qiánxīn)
• 用心 (yòngxīn)
• 走心 (zǒuxīn)

 

Adjective

沉潛

1. (literary) reserved