溺水 - Zhictionary

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.

Source: Tatoeba

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.

Source: Tatoeba

那个溺水的男人抓紧了绳子。

The drowning man grasped at the rope.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

溺

nì

to drown
to indulge
addicted to
to spoil (a child)

水

shuǐ

water
(after a name) ... River
to swim (used mostly in 會水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
(coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
(bound form) additional cost; extra income
classifier for washings of a garment

Related entries

He was drowned.

Source: Tatoeba

溺

nì

to drown
to indulge
addicted to
to spoil (a child)

to sink
to drown