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淹没 meaning in English

yānmò

to submerge; to drown

Traditional 淹沒18 strokes

Meaning of 淹没

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yānmò
  1. to submerge
  2. to drown
  3. to flood
  4. to drown out (also fig.)

淹没 in example sentences

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

由yóu于yú全quán球qiú气qì候hòu变biàn暖nuǎn，城chéng市shì可kě能néng被bèi完wán全quán地dì淹yān没mò。
Due to global warming, cities could be completely submerged.
住zhù在zài海hǎi边biān的de人rén可kě能néng失shī去qù他tā们men的de家jiā，并bìng且qiě城chéng市shì可kě能néng会huì被bèi完wán全quán淹yān没mò。
People living on coastlines might lose their homes, and cities might be completely submerged.
海hǎi啸xiào席xí卷juǎn稻dào田tián, 淹yān没mò了le城chéng镇zhèn。
Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.

Stroke order for each character

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淹 yān · to flood · 11 strokes

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没 méi · have not · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 淹没.

没有méiyǒuhaven't; hasn't
没什么méi shénmeit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're
没关系méi guānxiit doesn't matter
没事儿méishìrto have spare time; free from work
没用méiyònguseless
没错méi cuòthat's right; sure!
没想到méi xiǎngdàodidn't expect
没法儿méifǎr(coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credi
有没有yǒu méiyǒu(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?
从没cóng méinever (in the past); never did
没收mòshōuto confiscate; to seize
没意思méi yìsiboring; of no interest

Questions about 淹没

What does 淹没 mean?

淹没 (yānmò) means "to submerge; to drown".

How do you write 淹没?

淹没 is made of 2 characters: 淹 (11 strokes), 没 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 淹没 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 淹没 is written 淹沒.