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淹没 yānmò

淹没 yānmò Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 淹没 yānmò .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yānmò | yan1 mo4
English translation
to submerge
to drown
to flood
to drown out (also fig.)

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Traditional form

淹沒

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 淹没 yānmò

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yān

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yǎn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

yǎn

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵奄

Number of Strokes

11
méi

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of méi . Pictograph of a hand reaching in the water to grab something. Later the meaning shifted to "drown". This meaning is only used when the character is pronouned "mò". When pronounced "méi" (which is much more common), it means "not hav

Phonetic compound

shū

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵殳

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 淹没 yānmò

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这时 zhè shí 缓缓 huǎn huǎn de zài 树干 shù gàn 矮树 aǐ shù jiān piāo zhāo , yòu dào bèi 洪水 hóngshuǐ 淹没 yānmò de 陆地 lùdì shǎng .

Slowly now it floated among logs and brushwood and over the flooded land.

孤单 gū dān de 时候 shíhou zhǎo hǎo 朋友 péngyou 聊天 liáotiān guàng jiē 吃饭 chī fàn .不要 bù yào ràng 孤寂 gū jì 淹没 yānmò 自己 zìjǐ .

When ur lonely, find some friends to shop and dine.

骑车 qí chē chū le 剑桥 Jiàn qiáo 淹没 yānmò zài 几百名年轻 niánqīng de 自行车 zìxíngchē shǒu 当中 dāng zhōng

He had ridden out of Cambridge, inconspicuous among the hundreds of young cyclists.

水快 zhǎng dào gēn 岩石 yánshí 一样 yīyàng Gāo le 很快 jiù huì 淹没 yānmò

The waters were rising about the rock and would soon submerge it.

洞口 Dòng kǒu 大半 dà bàn dōu 淹没 yānmò zài 湖里 Hú lǐ

Most of the mouth of the cave was submerged in the lake.

淹没 yānmò Decomposition

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淹没 yānmò Compounds

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