Writing
淹没 (yān mò) — how to say "to submerge" in Chinese
淹没
To submerge, to flood, to drown
verb
Character composition
淹
to flood, to inundate
没
to sink, to disappear
Radicals / Keys
水
Water
#85 · shuǐ · 4 strokes
Collocations
淹没村庄
yān mò cūn zhuāng
flood a village
Examples
大雨过后，河水上涨，淹没了河边的小路。
After the heavy rain, the river rose and submerged the path by the bank.
洪水淹没城市。
The flood submerged the city.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say "to submerge" in Chinese?
"to submerge" in Chinese is 淹没 (yān mò).
淹没 meaning
淹没 (yān mò) means "To submerge, to flood, to drown".
How is 淹没 pronounced?
It is pronounced yān mò (written as yan mo, yanmo). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "to submerge" in Chinese characters?
It is written 淹没: 淹 has 11 strokes, 没 has 7 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 淹没?
淹没 belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary list.
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