淹没

淹沒

yānmò

verb #9,393

Meanings

1 to submerge; to flood; to inundate
2 to drown out; to overwhelm (figurative)

Characters

to flood; to drown

to sink; to submerge; to disappear

Flood + sink — completely covered by water.

Examples

洪水淹没了整个村庄。

Hóngshuǐ yānmò le zhěnggè cūnzhuāng.

The flood submerged the entire village.

他的声音被噪音淹没了。

Tā de shēngyīn bèi zàoyīn yānmò le.

His voice was drowned out by the noise.

这条评论很快被淹没在大量留言中。

Zhè tiáo pínglùn hěn kuài bèi yānmò zài dàliàng liúyán zhōng.

This comment was quickly buried under a flood of messages.

Tips

usage

淹没 works both literally (water submerging land) and figuratively (a voice drowned out, a post buried in comments). The figurative use is extremely common online.

memory

淹 (flood/drown, water radical 氵) + 没 (sink/disappear) — water makes things sink and vanish.

Stroke Order

淹 yān

没 méi