Can you swim underwater?
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潜水
Traditional: 潛水
qián shuǐ
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
qián shuǐ · cim4 seoi2 (Jyutping)
- to dive
- to go under water
- (in an online forum) to lurk
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Character breakdown
潜
- Meaning
- hide; hidden, secret, latent
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- ⿰氵替
- Cangjie
- EQOA
- Four-corner
- 3516.3
水
- Meaning
- water, liquid, lotion, juice
- Radical
- 水
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿻亅？
- Cangjie
- E
- Four-corner
- 1223.0
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Example sentences
Tom is wearing a wetsuit.
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