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
淹没
yānmò
to drown, to submerge
Characters in this word
没 méi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 巨大的海浪几乎淹没了岸边的旧码头。 Jùdà de hǎilàng jīhū yānmò le ànbiān de jiù mǎtóu. The huge waves almost submerged the old pier by the shore.
- 他的声音被热烈的掌声淹没了。 Tā de shēngyīn bèi rèliè de zhǎngshēng yānmò le. His voice was drowned out by the enthusiastic applause.
- 河水冲破堤坝，很快就淹没了整片农田。 Héshuǐ chōngpò dībà, hěn kuài jiù yānmò le zhěng piàn nóngtián. The river broke through the dam and soon submerged the whole stretch of farmland.
Related words
- 淹 yān to flood, to submerge
- 没 méi not (have); did not
- 没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter, never mind
- 没什么 méishénme it's nothing, never mind
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 没有 méiyǒu not have, there is no; did not
- 没用 méiyòng useless
- 没错 méicuò correct; right
- 没法儿 méifǎr to have no way to
- 没想到 méixiǎngdào to not expect
- 埋没 máimò to bury; to let talent go unnoticed
- 没劲 méijìn boring; listless; to lack energy