淹 yān
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 奄 to remain, to tarry
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
淹
yān
to flood, to submerge
Character
Example phrases
- 暴雨过后，低洼地区被积水淹了半米深。 Bàoyǔ guòhòu, dīwā dìqū bèi jīshuǐ yān le bàn mǐ shēn. After the heavy rain, low-lying areas were flooded half a metre deep.
- 河水涨得太快，路边的小店都被淹了。 Héshuǐ zhǎng de tài kuài, lùbiān de xiǎodiàn dōu bèi yān le. The river rose so fast that the little shops by the road were all flooded.
- 水龙头没关好，厨房的地板差点被淹了。 Shuǐlóngtóu méi guān hǎo, chúfáng de dìbǎn chàdiǎn bèi yān le. The tap was not turned off properly, and the kitchen floor was almost flooded.