有几个船员溺水而亡。

Some of the crew were drowned.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=1 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
=2 几个 jǐge
  1. a few
  2. several
  3. how many
=2 几个 jǐgè
  1. a few; several; some; a handful
  2. how many
3 船员 chuányuán
  1. sailor
  2. crew member
4 溺水 nìshuǐ to drown
5 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
=6 亡 wáng
  1. to die
  2. to lose
  3. to be gone
  4. to flee
  5. deceased
=6 亡 wáng old variant of 亡 wáng
=6 亡 wú
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 毋 (wú, “don't”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 無 /无 (“not have”)
  3. alternative form of 毋 (wú, “don't”)
  4. alternative form of 無 /无 (“not have”)