Chinese word

潜艇

Pronunciation

Pinyinqián tǐng

Meaning

  • nounsubmarine

Example

新闻说海里发现了一艘潜艇。xīn wén shuō hái lǐ fā xiàn le yì sōu qián tǐng

The news said a submarine was found at sea.

Illustration for 潜艇 (submarine)

More examples

军方宣布新一代潜艇下水测试成功。jūn fāng xuān bù xīn yí dài qián tǐng xià shuǐ cè shì chéng gōng

The military announced that the launch test of a new-generation submarine was successful.

Core concept

A self-contained vessel that leaves the surface to carry people, equipment, or instruments on underwater missions.

Common phrases

  • 建造潜艇jiàn zào qián tǐng

    build a submarine

  • 退役的潜艇tuì yì de qián tǐng

    retired submarine

  • 一艘潜艇yì sōu qián tǐng

    one submarine

Similar words

潜水艇qián shuí tǐng: A vessel designed to dive beneath the water with people or equipment for a particular task.
舰艇jiàn tǐng: A ship or other vessel assigned to military or public service.
船chuán: A watercraft of any kind that carries people or goods on or in water.

Definition in Chinese

在水下执行任务的船只，既有用于军事侦察或攻击的类型，也有用于科学调查和救援的民用类型zài shuǐ xià zhí xíng rèn wù de chuán zhī jì yǒu yòng yú jūn shì zhēn chá huò gōng jī de lèi xíng yě yǒu yòng yú kē xué diào chá hé jiù yuán de mín yòng lèi xíng

Word origin

The compound 潜 (qián, "to submerge") + 艇 (tǐng, "boat") describes a boat that goes beneath the water.

Usage tips

  • For counting 潜艇 (qiántǐng, "submarine"), Chinese normally uses the vessel classifier 艘 (sōu, "vessel classifier"), not the general classifier 个 (gè, "general classifier").

Other meanings

  • submersiblenoun

Opposites

  • 水面舰艇shuǐ miàn jiàn tǐngsurface vesselnoun
  • 水上舰船shuǐ shàng jiàn chuánsurface shipnoun

Related words

  • 潜艇建造qián tǐng jiàn zàosubmarine constructionnoun
  • 潜艇技术qián tǐng jì shùsubmarine technologynoun

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