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淹死 meaning in English

yānsǐ

to drown

17 strokes

Meaning of 淹死

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yānsǐ
  1. to drown

淹死 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ差chà点diǎn被bèi淹yān死sǐ。
I almost drowned.
他tā几jī乎hū淹yān死sǐ。
He almost drowned.
汤tāng姆mǔ差chà点diǎn在zài河hé里lǐ淹yān死sǐ了le。
Tom almost drowned in the river.
有yǒu人rén把bǎ她tā淹yān死sǐ在zài浴yù缸gāng里lǐ。
Somebody had drowned her in the bathtub.
他tā们men救jiù了le这zhè个ge男nán孩hái，使shǐ他tā免miǎn于yú淹yān死sǐ。
They rescued the boy from drowning.

Stroke order for each character

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淹 yān · to flood · 11 strokes

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死 sǐ · to die · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 淹死.

死亡sǐwángto die; death
生死shēngsǐlife or death
死心sǐxīnto give up; to admit failure
死心塌地sǐxīn-tādìto be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
该死gāisǐDamn it!; damned
杀死shāsǐto kill
死去sǐqùto die
打死dǎsǐto kill; to beat to death
要死yàosǐextremely; awfully
死者sǐzhěthe dead; the deceased
害死hàisǐto kill; to cause death
死刑sǐxíngdeath penalty; capital punishment

Questions about 淹死

What does 淹死 mean?

淹死 (yānsǐ) means "to drown".

How do you write 淹死?

淹死 is made of 2 characters: 淹 (11 strokes), 死 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.