yān mò
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  • 1

    v.submerge; drown; flood; inundate

    • hé li zhǎng shuǐ xiǎo qiáo dōu bèi yān mò le

      涨水小桥淹没

      The river flooded and submerged the small bridge.

    • cāo chǎng bèi shuǐ yān mò le

      操场淹没

      The playground is submerged.

    • hé shuǐ yān mò le tián dì

      河水淹没田地

      The rivers drowned the fields.

    • hóng shuǐ yān mò le hé liǎng àn de dà piàn dì qū

      洪水淹没两岸地区

      The floods covered large areas on both banks of the river.

  • 2

    v.metamuffle the sound

    • huǒ chē míng xiǎng qì dí yān mò le tā de huà yīn

      火车鸣响汽笛淹没话音

      A train blew its whistle and drowned her voice.

    • zhǎng shēng yān mò le tā de huà

      掌声淹没

      Her speech was drowned out by the applause.

    • fēi jī de hōng míng shēng yān mò lǎ ba shēng

      飞机轰鸣淹没喇叭

      The noise from the airplane drowned out the voice from the loudspeaker.

    • tā de jiǎng huà bèi huān hū shēng yān mò le

      讲话欢呼淹没

      Her speech was drowned out by cheers.

Word usage

  • Note
    "淹没" is different from "湮没". "淹没" means flooding or immersion, and it also metaphorically means "overwhelming" the sound. "湮没" is mainly used to indicate the burying of a person's reputation or deeds or the burying of things. "淹没" is more commonly used in spoken and written language, and "湮没" is used in written language.