Chinese symbol for “hidden”
潜在
qián zài
Traditional: 潛在
hidden; potential; latent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hidden is 潜在 (qián zài), defined as: hidden; potential; latent.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hidden”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜 (潛) | qián | hidden; secret |
| 隐性 (隱性) | yǐn xìng | hidden; crypto- |
| 掩藏 | yǎn cáng | hidden; covered |
| 隐 (隱) | yǐn | (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto- |
| 隐秘 (隱秘) | yǐn mì | secret; hidden |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 潜在.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜力 (潛力) | qián lì | potential; latent capacity |
| 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 |
| 现在 (現在) | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 存在 | cún zài | to exist; to be |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hidden”.
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.