溺水

nìshuǐ
to drown

CEDICT

to sink into the water; to be drowning

Wiktionary

陷落水中。

重編國語辭典

Examples

他溺水而亡。

He drowned.

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她差点就溺水了。

She came near to drowning.

She almost drowned.

Source: Tatoeba

有几个船员溺水而亡。

Some of the crew were drowned.

Source: Tatoeba

他救了一个溺水的男孩。

He rescued a boy from drowning.

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那个溺水的男人抓紧了绳子。

The drowning man grasped at the rope.

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Entry Composition

1 溺 nì
  1. to drown
  2. to indulge
  3. addicted to
  4. to spoil (a child)
2 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 會水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. classifier for washings of a garment

Related entries

淹死 yānsǐ to drown
他被淹死了。

He was drowned.

Source: Tatoeba

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
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