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染
rǎn
1.
to dye
2.
to catch (a disease)
3.
to acquire (bad habits etc)
4.
to contaminate
5.
to add color washes to a painting
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
传染
chuánrǎn
to infect
印染
yìnrǎn
printing and dyeing
感染
gǎnrǎn
infection
扎染
zārǎn
tie-dyeing
拔染
bárǎn
discharge
挑染
tiāorǎn
highlight (hair)
晕染
yùnrǎn
to smudge (become smeared)
有染
yǒurǎn
to have an affair with sb
染上
rǎnshàng
to catch (a disease)
染布
rǎnbù
to dye cloth
染厂
rǎnchǎng
dye factory
染指
rǎnzhǐ
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie
染料
rǎnliào
dye
染毒
rǎndú
contamination
染病
rǎnbìng
to catch an illness
染织
rǎnzhī
dyeing and weaving
染色
rǎnsè
dye
染发
rǎnfà
to dye one's hair
污染
wūrǎn
pollution
沾染
zhānrǎn
to pollute (often fig.)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,140
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,331 of 84,292