淹
yān
to flood
to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
大雨把田地都淹了。
dà yǔ bǎ tián dì dōu yān le。
The heavy rain flooded all the fields.
河水上涨，把附近的村子淹了好几天。
hé shuǐ shàng zhǎng，bǎ fù jìn de cūn zi yān le hǎo jǐ tiān。
The river rose and submerged the nearby village for several days.
Words with 淹
淹没
yān mò
to submerge
淹博
yān bó
widely read
淹水
yān shuǐ
to be flooded
淹灭
yān miè
to submerge
淹灌
yān guàn
basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)
淹留
yān liú
to stay for a long period
淹盖
yān gài
to submerge
淹头搭脑
yān tóu dā nǎo
listless
淹死
yān sǐ
to drown
范仲淹
fàn zhòng yān
Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]