How to write 湮

湮 [yān] 动词 1. 埋没。 (English: to be neglected; to fall into oblivion; to bury) 例: 湮没 (English: to be buried and unnoticed); 湮佚 (English: to be buried or lost); 湮沉 (English: to be submerged; to fade away). 2. 淹没。 (English: to submerge) 例: 湮枯 (English: to be buried and dried up); 湮坠 (English: to be buried and lost); 湮废 (English: to be buried and abandoned); 湮隳 (English: to be buried and damaged). 3. 淤塞; 填塞; 堵塞。 (English: to clog up; to fill) 例: 湮塞 (English: to be blocked). 4. 液体着物向四处散开。后作“洇”。 (English: to soak) 例: 在绢布上写字，用姜汁磨及粉，则不湮开。(English: When writing on silk cloth with ginger juice and powder, it does not soak through.) 名词 1. 水名。 (English: name of a river) 湮河 (Yan River), a tributary of the Yi River, located west of Dengfeng County in present-day Henan Province. 2. 姓。 (English: surname). 3. 另见 yīn。 (See also: yīn). 同“洇”。 (English: to soak). 动词 没落、埋没。 (English: to decline; to be buried.) 《说文解字．水部》：“湮，没也。” (Translation: "湮 means to be buried.") 组词: 古迹湮灭 (English: ancient marks fade away), 湮没无闻 (English: to be buried and unheard). 动词 堵塞。通“堙”。 (English: to block; synonymous with "堙".) 《庄子．天下》：“昔禹之湮洪水，决江河而通四夷九州也。” (Translation: "In ancient times, Yu the Great blocked the floods to connect the rivers and territories.")