# 淹 (yān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 淹 (yān) means “to flood; to submerge; to drown”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to flood; to submerge; to drown
- Pinyin: yān (yan1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 连续的大雨把低洼的街道都淹了。
  Liánxù de dà yǔ bǎ dīwā de jiēdào dōu yān le.
  Heavy rain flooded the low-lying streets.

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-flood/

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