染
rǎn
HSK level: HSK 6
Meaning
to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting
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Characters
Examples
布被染成鲜红。
bù bèi rǎn chéng xiān hóng。
The cloth was dyed bright red.
汤姆的笑声很有感染力。
Tāng mǔ de xiào shēng hěn yǒu gǎn rǎn lì。
Tom's laughter is infectious.
玛丽更想把头发染成金色。
Mǎ lì gèng xiǎng bǎ tóu fā rǎn chéng jīn sè。
Mary prefers to dye her hair blonde.
Words with this character
感染 gǎn rǎn to infect污染 wū rǎn to pollute传染 chuán rǎn to infect传染病 chuán rǎn bìng infectious disease感染力 gǎn rǎn lì infectiousness染发 rǎn fà to get one's hair dyed染料 rǎn liào dye传染性 chuán rǎn xìng infectious环境污染 huán jìng wū rǎn environmental pollution拔染 bá rǎn discharge点染 diǎn rǎn to touch up烘染 hōng rǎn relief shading浸染 jìn rǎn to be contaminated蜡染 là rǎn batik漂染 piǎo rǎn to bleach and dye染病 rǎn bìng to catch an illness染布 rǎn bù to dye cloth染厂 rǎn chǎng dye factory染毒 rǎn dú contamination染坊 rǎn fáng dyehouse染色 rǎn sè to dye染上 rǎn shàng to catch染织 rǎn zhī dyeing and weaving