Meaning of 淹
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yān
- to flood
- to submerge
- to drown
- to irritate the skin (of liquids)
- to delay
淹 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我想看你淹死。
I want to watch you drown.
他差点淹死了。
He almost drowned.
我差一点淹死。
I almost drowned.
她差点被淹死。
She came near being drowned.
他被淹死了。
He was drowned.
Stroke order for each character
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淹 yān · to flood · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 淹.
Questions about 淹
What does 淹 mean?
淹 (yān) means "to flood; to submerge" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 淹?
淹 is made of 1 character: 淹 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 淹 an HSK word?
Yes. 淹 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.