| 淹 | 1004C15 63A.70-1 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄧㄢ [yan1] (*ㄧㄢˋ [yan4] ). [Related掩 10A.70] | ||
| v.i. & t. | (1) To soak, to cover with liquid: 胰子水淹得眼睛疼 soap water gets into the eyes and hurts; 被汗淹得難受 (skin) is irritated by the sweat. (2) To flood over, to drown: 淹死了 drowned; 水淹 water floods (area); 淹沒 [yan1mo4]↓. (3) (*[yan4]) (coll.) to cover with water, to soak: 醃菜時，要讓水淹過菜來 immerse the vegetable (to be pickled) completely under water. (4) To stay, stop over: 淹溜，淹纏 [yan1liu2], [yan1chan0]↓. | |||||
| Adv. | Widely read: 淹博，淹貫 [yan1bo2], [yan1guan4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 淹博 [yan1bo2], adj., widely read (“immersed” in learning). 2. 淹纏 [yan1chan0], v.i., (1) (of illness) linger a long time; (2) to delay (business) drag along. 3. 淹沉 [yan1chen0], v.i., ditto. 4. 淹貫 [yan1guan4], adj., see [yan1bo2]↑. 5. 淹煎 [yan1jian1], v.i., to “stew” in grief. 6. 淹踐 [yan1jian0], v.i., to trample down, 7. 淹滯 [yan1zhi4], v.i., to be bogged down in career. 8. 淹留 [yan1liu2], v.i., to linger in life; to stay over for a long period. 9. 淹沒 [yan1mo4], v.t., (1) to drown in water; (2) to be overshadowed or forgotten; (3) to disregard or abuse, see [yan1jian0]↑. 10. 淹潤 [yan1run4], adj. (MC, of girl) shy, coy. 11. 淹識 [yan1shi4], adj., widely read. 12. 淹恤 [yan1xU4], v.i., (AC) as in 淹恤在外 to live in exile. 13. 淹宿 [yan1su4], adv., (LL) overnight. 14. 淹通 [yan1tong1], adj., conversant with many things, knowledge able. 15. 淹雅 [yan1ya3], adj., well-read and cultured. 16. 淹月 [yan1yUe4], adv., (LL) for a whole month (without undressing). | |||||