| qián | hidden/secret/latent/to hide/to conceal/to submerge/to dive |
| 潜 | hidden secret latent |
| 潜亏 | latent losses |
| 潜伏 | to hide to cover up to conceal |
| 潜伏性病毒感染 | latent-virus infection |
| 潜伏期 | incubation period (of disease) |
| 潜伏特务 | a hidden enemy agent |
| 潜伏状态 | virtual state; delitescence; latent state; latent condition; latency |
| 潜伏的 | latent; unawakened; incubative; delitescent; dormiens; occult; incubatory |
| 潜伏者 | lurker |
| 潜像 | latent picture; latent image |
| 潜入 | to submerge to infiltrate to steal into |
| 潜力 | potential capacity |
| 潜匿 | go into hiding |
| 潜变 | [Electrics] creep |
| 潜台词 | unspoken words in a play (i.e. unambiguously hinted at, but not spoken) |
| 潜叶虫 | leaf miner |
| 潜听哨 | listening post |
| 潜回 | sneak into |
| 潜在 | hidden potential latent |
| 潜在危险 | potential hazard |