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淹 yān

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淹 yān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yān | yan1
English translation
to flood
to submerge
to drown
to irritate the skin (of liquids)
to delay
to drown, to immerse, to steep

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About 淹 yān

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

淹 yān

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of 淹 yān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵奄

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

奄 yǎn

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using 淹 yān

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船 chuán 翻 fān 时 shí 有 yǒu 多少 duōshǎo 人 rén 淹死 yān sǐ 了 le ?

How many men drowned when the boat capsized?

这时 zhè shí 它 tā 缓缓 huǎn huǎn 地 de 在 zài 树干 shù gàn 和 hé 矮树 aǐ shù 间 jiān 漂 piāo 浮 fú 着 zhāo ,又 yòu 浮 fú 到 dào 被 bèi 洪水 hóngshuǐ 淹没 yānmò 的 de 陆地 lùdì 上 shǎng .

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

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

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

孩子 háizi 差一点儿 chà yī diǎn r 淹死 yān sǐ 了 le .

The child came within an ace of being drowned.

别 Bié 给 gěi 这些 zhè xiē 植物 zhíwù 浇 jiāo 太 tài 多 duō 的 de 水 Shuǐ , 它们 tā men 会 huì 淹死 yān sǐ 的 de .

Don't give those plants too much water; they will damp off.

Words with 淹 yān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
淹没 yānmò to submerge淹沒
淹死 yān sǐ to drown淹死 yān sǐ
淹 yān to flood淹 yān
范仲淹 Fàn Zhòng yān also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 Yuè yáng lóu jì 范仲淹 Fàn Zhòng yān
淹水 yān shuǐ to be flooded淹水 yān shuǐ

淹 yān Decomposition & Compounds

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淹 yān Decomposition

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