溺水

nìshuǐ

verb HSK 7-9 #10,367

Meanings

HSK 5

每年夏天都有儿童溺水事故。

Měinián xiàtiān dōu yǒu értóng nìshuǐ shìgù.

Every summer there are child drowning accidents.

HSK 7-9

他差点溺水，幸好被救生员救了。

Tā chàdiǎn nìshuǐ, xìnghǎo bèi jiùshēngyuán jiù le.

He almost drowned, but fortunately the lifeguard saved him.

usage

溺水 specifically means drowning in water. For the broader sense of 'to indulge in,' the character 溺 is read nì and used in words like 沉溺.

溺 nì

水 shuǐ