淹 yān HSK7 drown Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All meanings (3) All meanings 5 yān 5 submerge 3delay 1irritate skin 1 5 sentences 洪水淹没了整个村庄。 hóngshuǐ yān mò le zhěng gè cūnzhuāng. The flood submerged the entire village. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary大水淹没了农田。 dàshuǐ yān mò le nóngtián. The flood submerged the farmland. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary大雨昼夜不息地下着,庄稼都淹了。 dàyǔ zhòuyè bù xī de xià zhe, zhuāngjia dōu yān le. The heavy rain fell incessantly day and night, flooding the crops. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary他在外地淹留了数月。 tā zài wàidì yān liú le shù yuè. He stayed in another place for several months. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary由于换尿布不及时,婴儿的皮肤被尿淹了。 yóuyú huàn niàobù bù jíshí, yīng'ér de pífū bèi niào yān le. Because the diaper wasn't changed in time, the baby developed a rash from the urine. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary