"Potential" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 潜力 | qián lì | potential / latent capacity |  |
| 位 |  wèi | position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 / 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential |  |
| 潜在 | qián zài | hidden / potential / latent | |
| 潜能 | qián néng | potential / hidden capability | |
| 潜质 | qián zhì | potential | |
| 势 | shì | power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals | |
| 材料 | cái liào | (raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job | |
| 攻击力 | gōng jī lì | potential for attack / firepower | |
| 市场潜力 | shì chǎng qián lì | market potential / market possibility | |
| 电位 | diàn wèi | electric potential / voltage | |
| 潜力股 | qián lì gǔ | stock that has potential to increase in value / (fig.) sb with good prospects | |
| 尽展 | jìn zhǎn | to display (one's potential, one's talents etc) | |
| 势能 | shì néng | potential energy | |
| 引狼入室 | yǐn láng rù shì | to show the wolf into the house (idiom) / to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
| 潜在威胁 | qián zài wēi xié | potential threat / potential menace | |
| 引狗入寨 | yǐn gǒu rù zhài | lit. to lead the dog into the village (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
| 引鬼上门 | yǐn guǐ shàng mén | lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
| 鸾飘凤泊 | luán piāo fèng bó | lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential | |
| 踩线 | cǎi xiàn | to scout for a tour operator / to reconnoiter a potential tour itinerary / (tennis) to commit a foot fault | |
| 核势 | hé shì | nuclear potential | |
| 潜在媒介 | qián zài méi jiè | potential vector | |
| 事件相关电位 | shì jiàn xiāng guān diàn wèi | (neuroscience) event-related potential | |
| 势阱 | shì jǐng | potential well (physics) | |
| 势降 | shì jiàng | potential drop (elec.) | |
| 有潜力 | yǒu qián lì | promising / showing potential | |
| 军势 | jūn shì | army strength / military prowess or potential | |
| 内推 | nèi tuī | (math.) interpolation / (human resources) internal referral / employee referral (recommendation of a potential new employee by an existing employee or client) | |
| 敏化潜力 | mǐn huà qián lì | sensitizing potential | |
| 军事潜力 | jūn shì qián lì | military potential | |
| 全球升温潜能值 | quán qiú shēng wēn qián néng zhí | global warming potential | |
| 可能供养比率 | potential support ratio | | |
| 技术潜力 | technological potential | | |
| 经济潜力 | jīng jì qián lì | economic potential | |
| 社会经济潜力 | socio-economic potential | | |
| 至瘾潜势 | zhì yǐn qián shì | abuse potential | |
| 投资潜力 | tóu zī qián lì | investment potential | |
| 石灰位 | shí huī wèi | lime potential | |
| 臭氧消耗潜能值 | ozone-depleting potential | | |
| 货物和服务供应商一般业务指南 | General Business Guide for Potential Suppliers of Goods and Services / General Business Guide | | |
| 一般业务指南 | yī pán yè wù zhǐ nán | General Business Guide for Potential Suppliers of Goods and Services / General Business Guide | |
| 变潜在冲突为合作潜力 | From Potential Conflict to Co-operation Potential | | |
| 土壤水总潜力 | tǔ rǎng shuǐ zǒng qián lì | total soil water potential | |
| &alpha潜能 | alpha; qián néng | potential alpha energy | |
| 南海潜在冲突管理讲习班 | Workshops on Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea | | |
| 温室气体减排潜力 | greenhouse gas reduction potential / GHG reduction potential | | |
| 灭绝种族罪的可能受害者 | potential victim of genocide | | |
| 光化学臭氧生成潜势 | photochemical ozone creation potential | | |
| 科技潜力 | kē jì qián lì | scientific and technological potential | |
| 重力势 | gravity potential / gravity | | |
| 势场法 | shì chǎng fǎ | potential field methods | |
| 发展中国家工业合作社经济社会潜力会议 | Conference on the Economic and Social Potential of Industrial Cooperatives in Developing Countries | | |
| 控制电位库仑分析法 | controlled potential coulometry | | |
| 氧化还原电位 | oxidation-reduction potential / redox potential | | |
| 潜在渔获量 | potential catch | | |
| 上升空间 | shàng shēng kōng jiān | upside / potential to rise | |
| 水浅养不住大鱼 | shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú | lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) / fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization | |
| 男友力 | nán yǒu lì | (coll.) attractiveness (as a potential boyfriend) / degree to which one is "boyfriend material" | |
| 引狼入室 | yǐn láng - rù shì | lit. to show the wolf into the house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
| 跑业务 | pǎo yè wù | (of a salesperson) to visit potential customers with the aim of selling products or services | |
