潜水 qiánshuǐ▶ Buceo

Stroke order

潜水 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 潜 — 15 strokes
• 水 — 4 strokes

Senses

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

Related words

• 水利Conservación del agua
• 水泥cemento
• 洪水Inundación; inundar
• 淡水agua dulce
• 潜力potencial
• 薪水salario

潜水 is pronounced qiánshuǐ and means “Buceo”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 潜水 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.