潜没

潛沒

qiánmò

verb

Meanings

1 to submerge
2 to dive under
3 (geology) to subduct (of a tectonic plate)

Characters

to submerge; hidden

to sink; to disappear

Examples

潜艇缓缓潜没于水下。

Qiántǐng huǎnhuǎn qiánmò yú shuǐxià.

The submarine slowly submerged beneath the surface.

太平洋板块在日本海沟潜没。

Tàipíngyáng bǎnkuài zài Rìběn hǎigōu qiánmò.

The Pacific Plate subducts at the Japan Trench.

Tips

usage

Two main contexts: military/nautical ('a submarine submerges') and geology ('one plate sinks beneath another at a subduction zone'). Both senses share the same image of going under.

Stroke Order

潜 qián

没 méi