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how to write yan(flood) in chinese

淹

pinyinyān
radicals氵Stroke count11
eanglish meaningflood; submerge; inundate; be tingling from sweat; wide

Stroke order of the Chinese character "淹" (yan)

Handwriting

v. （淹没） flood; submerge; inundate:

1. 地窖被水淹了。
The cellar was flooded with water.

2. 洪水淹了那个村子。
The flood submerged that village.

3. 修好河堤，庄稼就不怕淹了。
When the river dike is completed, the crops will be safe against floods.

v. （皮肤被汗液等浸痛或痒） be tingling from sweat

v. [书] （停留; 滞留） stay; stop over:

1. 淹留
be stranded for a long time; stay over for a long period

adj. [书] （广） wide:

1. 学识淹博
have a wide knowledge; be well-read; be learned

n. （姓氏） a surname:

1. 淹通达
Yan Tongda