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