淹

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 我不想把你淹死。

  Wǒ bù xiǎng bǎ nǐ yān sǐ

  I don't mean to swamp you.

• 我想看你淹死。

  Wǒ xiǎng kàn nǐ yān sǐ

  I want to watch you drown.

• 他被淹死了。

  Tā bèi yān sǐ le

  He was drowned.

• 地下室被水淹了。

  Dì xià shì bèi shuǐ yān le

  The basement was flooded.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 淹

• 淹没yān mò 1–4 to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
• 淹yān 1to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay