潛伏 [潜－]

Jyutping cim4 fuk6
Pinyin qián fú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to hide
  2. to cover up
  3. to conceal
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    暫時​匿​埋​，​唔​出現​亦​都​唔​做​嘢​，​以免​被​人​發現
    to hide; to remain latent; to incubate
    • 潛伏期
      潜伏期
      incubation period
    • 蟬要潛伏喺地下好耐先至成蟲。
      蝉要潜伏喺地下好耐先至成虫。
      Cicadas need to live underground for a long time before emerging as adults.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to hide; to conceal
    (syn.) 埋伏
    • 潛伏特工
      潜伏特工
      qián fú tè gōng
      sleeper agent
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    潜伏期
    潛伏期
    • incubation period
  2. Cantonese
    蝉要潜伏喺地下好耐先至成虫。
    蟬要潛伏喺地下好耐先至成蟲。
    • Cicadas need to live underground for a long time before emerging as adults.
  3. Cantonese
    呢个病嘅潜伏期长达两个星期，都系再观察下好啲。
    呢個病嘅潛伏期長達兩個星期，都係再觀察下好啲。
    ni1 go3 beng6 ge3 cim4 fuk6 kei4 coeng4 daat6 loeng5 go3 sing1 kei4, dou1 hai6 zoi3 gun1 caat3 haa5 hou2 di1.
    • The incubation for this disease can be up to two weeks. We better monitor your situation for a bit longer.
  4. Cantonese
    潜伏
    潛伏
    see below
    • to lurk
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    潜伏特工
    潛伏特工
    qián fú tè gōng
    • sleeper agent
  2. Mandarin
    中国农民有很大的潜伏力，只要组织和指挥得当，能使日本军队一天忙碌二十四小时，使之疲于奔命。
    中國農民有很大的潛伏力，只要組織和指揮得當，能使日本軍隊一天忙碌二十四小時，使之疲於奔命。
    zhōng guó nóng mín yǒu hěn dà de qián fú lì ， zhǐ yào zǔ zhī hé zhǐ huī dé dàng ， néng shǐ rì běn jūn duì yī tiān máng lù èr shí sì xiǎo shí ， shǐ zhī pí yú bēn mìng ．
    • The Chinese peasants have very great latent power; properly organized and directed, they can keep the Japanese army busy twenty-four hours a day and worry it to death.