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淹没

yān mò · yan mo

Traditional 淹沒

Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to submerge
  2. to drown
  3. to flood
  4. to drown out (also fig.)
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Too loud to hear

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)刚才(gāngcái)说(shuō)什么(shénme)？我(wǒ)没(méi)听清(tīngqīng)。

    What did you just say? I didn't hear.

  2. Liangliang

    音乐(yīnyuè)太(tài)大声(dàshēng)，我的(wǒde)声音(shēngyīn)被(bèi)淹没(yānmò)了(le)。

    The music is too loud. My voice got drowned out.

  3. Dengdeng

    什么(shénme)？你(nǐ)再(zài)说(shuō)一遍(yībiàn)！

    What? Say it again!

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)说(shuō)，我的(wǒde)声音(shēngyīn)被(bèi)音乐(yīnyuè)淹没(yānmò)了(le)！

    I said, my voice got drowned out by the music!

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)说(shuō)什么(shénme)？我(wǒ)什么也(shénmeyě)听不见(tīngbujiàn)！

    What? I can't hear anything!

  6. Liangliang

    走(zǒu)，我们(wǒmen)去(qù)那边(nàbian)说(shuō)！

    Come on, let's go over there to talk!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

海(hǎi)啸(xiào)席(xí)卷(juǎn)稻(dào)田(tián), 淹(yān)没(mò)了(le)城(chéng)镇(zhèn)。

Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by Martha · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)的(de)喊(hǎn)声(shēng)被(bèi)周(zhōu)围(wéi)的(de)噪(zào)音(yīn)淹(yān)没(mò)了(le)。

His shouts were drowned out by the surrounding noise.

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