yān

  1. yān verb to flood; to submerge; to soak
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 浸渍 (Guoyu '淹' v 1; Kroll 2015 '淹' 1, p. 525; Unihan '淹'; XHZD '淹' 1, p. 862)
  2. yān verb to steep
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Unihan '淹')
  3. yān adjective wide
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '淹' 2, p. 862)
  4. yān verb to drip with sweat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '淹' v 3; XHZD '淹' 2, p. 862)
  5. yān verb to move slowly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '淹' 2, p. 525)
  6. yān adjective belated
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '淹' 2a, p. 525)
  7. yān adverb thoroughly; fully
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '淹' adv; Kroll 2015 '淹' 3, p. 526)
  8. yān verb cover with liquid
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '淹' 4, p. 526)
  9. yān verb to stop; to detain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '淹' v 2)
  10. yàn verb to immerse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 浸没 (Guoyu '淹' yàn)

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