淹 yān 🔊 to flood HSK 611 strokes + Review this word Meanings yān to floodto submergeto drownto irritate the skin (of liquids)to delay In sentences Pinyin 地下室dì xià shì被bèi水shuǐ淹yān了le。The basement was flooded. #13826833 Words with 淹 淹没 yān mò to submerge HSK 6 淹死 yān sǐ to drown 范仲淹 Fàn Zhòng yān Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty… 淹博 yān bó widely read 淹水 yān shuǐ to be flooded 淹灌 yān guàn basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields) 淹留 yān liú to stay for a long period 淹灭 yān miè to submerge 淹盖 yān gài to submerge 淹头搭脑 yān tóu dā nǎo listless