浸水

jìnshuǐ

verb #38,577

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

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.

HSK 7-9

黄豆要先浸水一夜再煮。

Huángdòu yào xiān jìnshuǐ yí yè zài zhǔ.

Soybeans need to soak overnight before being cooked.

Tips

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