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淹 yān

to drown, to immerse, to steep

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 6
Radical
氵
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 氵奄 ⿰氵奄

Memory hint: water

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  1. 洪水淹没了整个村庄。
    Hóngshuǐ yānmò le zhěnggè cūnzhuāng.
    The flood submerged the entire village.
    flood submerge (particle) whole village
  2. 这片农田是不是被水淹没了？
    Zhè piàn nóngtián shì bu shì bèi shuǐ yānmò le?
    Wasn't this farmland submerged by water?
    this stretch farmland is not-is by water submerge (particle) (question)
  3. 遇到洪水时，应该迅速转移到高处，以免被淹。
    Yùdào hóngshuǐ shí, yīnggāi xùnsù zhuǎnyí dào gāochù, yǐmiǎn bèi yān.
    When encountering a flood, you should quickly move to higher ground to avoid being drowned.
    encounter flood time, should quickly move to high-place, in-order-to-avoid by drown
  4. 这条路并没有被水淹没，还可以通行。
    Zhè tiáo lù bìng méiyǒu bèi shuǐ yānmò, hái kěyǐ tōngxíng.
    This road hasn't been flooded, it's still passable.
    this (measure) road at-all not-have by water submerge, still can pass-through
  5. 暴雨过后，低洼地区很快就被淹没了。
    Bàoyǔ guò hòu, dīwā dìqū hěn kuài jiù bèi yānmò le.
    After the heavy rain, the low-lying areas were quickly submerged.
    heavy-rain pass after, low-lying area very fast then by submerge (particle)

Words with 淹 (1)