"dive" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
跳水 tiào shuǐ v. to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
潜水 潛水 qián shuǐ v. to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk
扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) syn
潜 潛 qián hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
俯冲 俯衝 fǔ chōng to dive down fast / to swoop down
一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn
采珠 採珠 cǎi zhū to dive for pearls
潜水刀 潛水刀 qián shuǐ dāo dive knife
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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