Chinese symbol for “bends”
潜水夫病
qián shuǐ fū bìng
Traditional: 潛水夫病
bends
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bends is 潜水夫病 (qián shuǐ fū bìng), defined as: bends.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bends”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜水夫症 (潛水夫症) | qián shuǐ fū zhèng | bends |
| 减压病 (減壓病) | jiǎn yā bìng | decompression sickness; the bends |
| 减压症 (減壓症) | jiǎn yā zhèng | decompression sickness; the bends |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 潜水夫病.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜力 (潛力) | qián lì | potential; latent capacity |
| 潜在 (潛在) | qián zài | hidden; potential |
| 潜艇 (潛艇) | qián tǐng | a submarine |
| 潜水 (潛水) | qián shuǐ | to dive; to go under water |
| 潜入 (潛入) | qián rù | to submerge; to infiltrate |
| 潜伏 (潛伏) | qián fú | to hide; to cover up |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 丈夫 | zhàng fu | husband |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bends”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.