淹死

yānsǐ

verb #5,421

Meanings

1 to drown
2 to be drowned

Characters

to flood; to submerge; to drown

Examples

HSK 3

每年都有人在河里淹死。

Měi nián dōu yǒu rén zài hé lǐ yānsǐ.

Every year people drown in the river.

HSK 3

那条鱼不会被水淹死。

Nà tiáo yú bú huì bèi shuǐ yānsǐ.

That fish won't be drowned by water.

Tips

grammar

死 is a result complement here indicating the outcome of 淹 (submerging). This pattern is common: 饿死 (starve to death), 冻死 (freeze to death), 累死 (exhausted to death).

Stroke Order

淹 yān

死 sǐ