淹死

yānsǐ
to drown

CEDICT

  1. (ergative) to drown
  2. to drown

Wiktionary

溺死。

重編國語辭典

Examples

他被淹死了。

He was drowned.

Source: Tatoeba

有人把她淹死在浴缸裡。

Somebody had drowned her in the bathtub.

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆差点在河里淹死了。

Tom almost drowned in the river.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 淹 yān
  1. to flood
  2. to submerge
  3. to drown
  4. to irritate the skin (of liquids)
  5. to delay
2 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned

Related entries

溺 nì
  1. to drown
  2. to indulge
  3. addicted to
  4. to spoil (a child)
溺亡 nìwáng to drown
溺死 nìsǐ to drown
溺水 nìshuǐ to drown
他溺水而亡。

He drowned.

Source: Tatoeba

沦没 lúnmò
  1. to sink
  2. to drown
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