潜在威胁

Traditional form:

潛在威脅

Pinyin (reading):

qiánzàiwēixié

Definitions:

• potential threat
• potential menace

Characters:

• 潜 - to hide; secret, latent, hidden
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 威 - might, power, prestige; to dominate
• 胁 - to threaten, to coerce; ribs, flank

Traditional characters:

• 潛 - to hide; secret, latent, hidden
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 威 - might, power, prestige; to dominate
• 脅 - to threaten, to coerce; ribs, flank