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Hanzi

淹 / 淹

Traditional
淹
Simplified
淹

to flood/to submerge/to drown/to irritate the skin (of liquids)/to delay

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

yān, yǎn

Bopomofo

ㄧㄢ, ㄧㄢˇ

Jyutping

jim1

Example sentences

淹沒 / 淹没 yānmò
洪水淹沒了村莊。
洪水淹没了村庄。

The flood submerged the village.

農田 / 农田 nóngtián
大雨過後，肥沃的農田被洪水淹沒了。
大雨过后，肥沃的农田被洪水淹没了。

After the heavy rain, the fertile farmland was submerged by the flood.

淹 yān
連日的大雨淹沒了農田。
连日的大雨淹没了农田。

The heavy rain for several days flooded the farmland.

Example Vocabulary

淹沒

yan1'mo4

to submerge; to flood

淹

yan1

to submerge; to flood; to soak

淹死

yan1'si3

淹留

yan1'liu2

範仲淹

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