yān

verbHSK 6

to flood; to submerge

Character Breakdown

yān

flood, submerge

Radical: Strokes: 11
spray
cover

Example Sentences

洪水淹没了整个村庄。

Hóngshuǐ yānmò le zhěng gè cūnzhuāng.

The flood submerged the entire village.

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