淹
Pinyin: yān
to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids)
Example sentence
地下室被水淹了。
Dìxiàshì bèi shuǐ yān le.
The basement was flooded.
What 淹 means
淹 (yān) is a Chinese word meaning “to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids)”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.
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