yān

HSK 7–9

淹 (yān) is a Chinese word meaning “to flood; to submerge; to drown”.

Meanings

  1. 1to flood
  2. 2to submerge
  3. 3to drown
  4. 4to irritate the skin (of liquids)
  5. 5to delay
Part of speech
verb

Related words

淹死to drown淹没to submerge淹博widely read淹头搭脑listless淹水to be flooded淹灌basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)淹灭to submerge淹留to stay for a long period淹盖to submerge范仲淹Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]

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