yānmò

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

yānsǐ

to drown

yān

to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay

yānguàn

basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

yānliú

to stay for a long period

yāngài

to submerge / to flood / to drown out

FànZhòngyān

Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043 / also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower [[岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记]]

yānbó

widely read / erudite

yānmiè

to submerge / to flood / to bury