浸水

jìnshuǐ

verb #38,577

Meanings

1 to soak in water
2 to be submerged / waterlogged
3 to drench

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Examples

黄豆要先浸水一夜再煮。

Huángdòu yào xiān jìnshuǐ yī yè zài zhǔ.

Soybeans need to soak overnight before being cooked.

大雨过后，地下室都浸水了。

Dàyǔ guòhòu, dìxiàshì dōu jìnshuǐ le.

After the heavy rain, the basement was completely flooded.

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usage

Two main flavors: deliberate soaking (beans, herbs, dried mushrooms) and unwanted submersion (basements, phones, books in a flood). Often used as 浸水了 ("got waterlogged") in news about typhoons.

Stroke Order

浸 jìn

水 shuǐ