Chinese Traditional: 淹水
Chinese Simplified: 淹水
Pinyin: yan1 shui3
Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
English Meaning: flood
Classifier: (ci4) or (chang3)

Example Sentences:

巴黎在一九一零年曾經淹水將近十天。
巴黎在一九一零年曾经淹水将近十天。
ba1 li2 zai4 yi1 jiu3 yi1 ling2 nian2 ceng2 jing1 yan1 shui3 jiang1 jin4 shi2 tian1.
In 1910, Paris was flooded for nearly 10 days.
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Related Words:

 

yān

1. to submerge 2. to flood 3. to drown

Here: to flood

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shuǐ

1. water 2. river 3. liquid 4. beverage 5. additional charges or income 6. Shui (Chinese surname)

Here: water

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