淹 yān

drown; cover with liquid, steep

HSK 6 #2580

DEFINITIONS

淹 yān
  • to flood
  • to submerge
  • to drown
  • to irritate the skin (of liquids)
  • to delay

STROKES

WORDS

淹没 yān mò
HSK 6
to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
淹死 yān sǐ to drown
淹博 yān bó widely read; erudite
淹水 yān shuǐ to be flooded
淹沒 yān mò to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
淹灭 yān miè to submerge; to flood; to bury
淹滅 yān miè to submerge; to flood; to bury
淹灌 yān guàn basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)
淹留 yān liú to stay for a long period
淹盖 yān gài to submerge; to flood; to drown out
淹蓋 yān gài to submerge; to flood; to drown out
范仲淹 fàn zhòng yān Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记
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