Chinese symbol for “submarine”
潜艇
qián tǐng
Traditional: 潛艇
a submarine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for submarine is 潜艇 (qián tǐng), defined as: a submarine.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “submarine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜水艇 (潛水艇) | qián shuǐ tǐng | a submarine |
| 潜舰 (潛艦) | qián jiàn | a submarine |
| 水下 | shuǐ xià | under the water; submarine |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 潜艇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜力 (潛力) | qián lì | potential; latent capacity |
| 潜在 (潛在) | qián zài | hidden; potential |
| 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 |
| 舰艇 (艦艇) | jiàn tǐng | warship; naval vessel |
| 游艇 (遊艇) | yóu tǐng | barge; yacht |
| 飞艇 (飛艇) | fēi tǐng | airship |
See also: Japanese symbol for “submarine”.
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.