溺 nì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 弱 weak, fragile, delicate
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
溺水
nìshuǐ
to drown; to be drowning
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 救援人员赶到时，那个孩子已经溺水昏迷，但仍有微弱呼吸。 Jiùyuán rényuán gǎndào shí, nà ge háizi yǐjīng nìshuǐ hūnmí, dàn réng yǒu wēiruò hūxī. When the rescuers arrived, the child had already lost consciousness from drowning, but was still breathing faintly.
- 夏天游泳时一定要小心，以免溺水。 Xiàtiān yóuyǒng shí yídìng yào xiǎoxīn, yǐmiǎn nìshuǐ. Be careful when swimming in summer so that you do not drown.
- 那名游客在湖里溺水，幸好被路过的人救了上来。 Nà míng yóukè zài hú lǐ nìshuǐ, xìnghǎo bèi lùguò de rén jiù le shànglái. The tourist was drowning in the lake, but luckily a passer-by pulled him out.