溺
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- to drown
- to indulge
- addicted to
- to spoil (a child)
Example sentences
- tā 他 nìshuǐérwáng 溺水而亡 。He was drowned.
- The drowning man grasped at the rope.
- tā 他 bǎ 把 nìshuǐ 溺水 de 的 xiǎohái 小孩 jiù 救 le 了 qilai 起来 , dànshì 但是 què 却 xīshēng 牺牲 le 了 zìjǐ 自己 de 的 shēngmìng 生命 。He saved the drowning child at the cost of his own life.
Words with 溺
- 溺水 nìshuǐ to drown
- 自溺 zìnì to drown oneself
- 溺死 nìsǐ to drown
- 溺爱 nìài to spoil
- 溺职 nìzhí to neglect one's duty
- 便溺 biànniào to urinate or defecate
- 沉溺 chénnì (fig.) to indulge in; to wallow in (addiction, vice etc)
- 溺亡 nìwáng to drown
- 遇溺 yùnì (HK) to get into difficulties (in the sea or a swimming pool etc)
- 溺婴 nìyīng to drown a newborn baby (as method of infanticide)
- 宠溺 chǒngnì to spoil; to indulge
- 耽溺 dānnì to indulge in