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

淪沒 lúnmò
  1. to sink
  2. to drown
淹沒 yānmò
  1. to submerge
  2. to drown
  3. to flood
  4. to drown out (also fig.)
海嘯席捲稻田, 淹沒了城鎮。

Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.

Source: Tatoeba

淹 yān
  1. to flood
  2. to submerge
  3. to drown
  4. to irritate the skin (of liquids)
  5. to delay
滅 miè
  1. to extinguish or put out
  2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. to drown
灯自己灭了。

The light went out by itself.

Source: Tatoeba