淹没

Traditional form:

淹沒

Pinyin (reading):

yānmò

Definitions:

• to submerge
• to drown
• to flood
• to drown out (also fig.)

Characters:

• 淹 - to drown, to immerse, to steep
• 没 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown

Traditional characters:

• 淹 - to drown, to immerse, to steep
• 沒 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown