淹 yān HSK7 drown Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: delay All meanings 5 yān 5 submerge 3delay 1irritate skin 1 1 sentence for 淹 (yān — delay) 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