潜水

潛水

qiánshuǐ

verb HSK 7 #5,013

Meanings

1 to dive
2 to go underwater
3 scuba diving
4 to lurk (online)

Characters

to submerge; to hide; latent

Examples

我们去海边潜水吧。

Wǒmen qù hǎibiān qiánshuǐ ba.

Let's go diving at the beach.

他在群里一直潜水，从来不说话。

Tā zài qún lǐ yīzhí qiánshuǐ, cónglái bù shuōhuà.

He's always lurking in the group chat and never speaks.

潜水需要专业的设备。

Qiánshuǐ xūyào zhuānyè de shèbèi.

Diving requires professional equipment.

Tips

usage

潜水 has a popular internet slang meaning: to lurk in a chat group or forum without posting. The opposite is 冒泡 (màopào, 'to bubble up') meaning to finally speak up.

Stroke Order

潜 qián

水 shuǐ