淹 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)

Contained in

• 淹灭(淹滅) to submerge; to flood; to bury
• 淹灌 basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)
• 稽淹 to delay
• 淹博 widely read; erudite
• 淹死 to drown
• 淹没(淹沒) to submerge
• 淹水 to be flooded
• 淹盖(淹蓋) to submerge; to flood; to drown out
• 淹留 to stay for a long period

Also contained in

江淹 、 范仲淹

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷三百十四 列傳第七十三 Fan Zhongyan and son: Chunyou, Chun Li, Chun Cui, Fan Chunren and son: Zhengping Volume 314 Biographies 73: History of Song 宋史 — count: 82
• 卷79 成淹 範紹 劉桃符 劉道斌 董紹 馮元興 鹿悆 張熠 Volume 79: Cheng Yan, Fan Shao, Liu Taofu, Dong Shao, Feng Yuanxing, Lu Yu, Zhang Yi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 49
• 卷四十六　列傳第三十四:　孫紹 張普惠 成淹 范紹 劉桃符 鹿悆 張燿 劉道斌 董紹 馮元興 Volume 46 Biographies 34: Sun Shao, Zhang Puhui, Cheng Yan, Fan Shao, Liu Taofu, Lu Yu, Zhang Yao, Liu Daobin, Dong Shao, Feng Yuanxing History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 35
• 卷五十九　列傳第四十九 江淹 任昉 王僧孺 Volume 59 Biographies 49: Jiang Yan, Ren Fang, Wang Sengru History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 33
• 卷十四 列傳第八 江淹 任昉 Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 24
• 卷一百四十七 志9: 刑法志 Volume 147: Treatises 9 Punishment and Law Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 19
• 卷六十六 列傳第十六: 房玄齡 杜如晦 Volume 66 Biographies 16: Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 18
• 卷九十六 列傳第二十一 房玄齡　杜如晦弟:楚客　叔父:淹　五世孫:元穎　六世孫:審權　七世孫:讓能 Volume 96 Biographies 21: Fang Xuanling, younger brothers Du Ruhui and Du Chuke, Uncle: Yan, Fifth Generation Descendent: Du Yuanying, Sixth Generation Descendent: Shen Quan, Seventh Generation Descendent: Rang Neng New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 14
• 卷二十八 志第四 五行一 Volume 28 Treatises 4: Five Elements 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
• 卷一百九十九 志第一百五十二 刑法一 Volume 199 Treatises 152: Punishment and Law 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 10

Collocations

• 淹滞 (淹滯) 舉淹滯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 10
• 淹久 (淹久) 吾子淹久於敝邑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 事淹 (事淹) 事淹變生 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十五 魏書二十五 辛毗楊阜高堂隆傳 Volume 25: Book of Wei 25 - Biographies of Xin Pi, Yang Fu, and Gaotang Long — count: 4
• 淹茂 (淹茂) 橫艾淹茂太始元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《歷書》 Calendars — count: 4
• 久淹 (久淹) 豈可以公謙沖而久淹弘典哉 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二 帝紀第二 世宗景帝 太祖文帝 Volume 2, Annals 2: Emperor Jing; Emperor Wen — count: 4
• 举淹 (舉淹) 舉淹滯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 费淹 (費淹) 以北中郎諮議參軍費淹為交州刺史 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六 本紀第六 孝武帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Xiao Wu — count: 4
• 淹时 (淹時) 望克不淹時 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百一十三 載記第十三 苻堅上 Volume 113 Records 13: Fu Jian Part One — count: 4
• 淹雅 (淹雅) 称玩器量淹雅 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu — count: 4
• 未淹 (未淹) 所以為人之於道未淹 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十一　要略 Chapter 21: Summary — count: 4