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感染

gǎn rǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

感染 (gǎn rǎn) means "to infect; to be infectious (emotion)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 感染 means

1. to infect; infection
2. (fig.) to influence

The characters in 感染

• 感gǎnto feel; to move; to touch
• 染rǎnto dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc)

Example sentences

• 汤姆被感染了吗？
  Tāngmǔ bèi gǎnrǎn le ma?
  Is Tom infected?
• 他感染了爱滋病。
  He got infected with HIV.
• 我被他的故事感染了。
  Wǒ bèi tā de gùshi gǎnrǎn le.
  I was very impressed by his story.
• 他感染了旅行者的痢疾。
  Tā gǎnrǎn le lǚxíngzhě de lìji.
  He caught the traveler's diarrhea.
• 汤姆的笑声很有感染力。
  Tom's laughter is infectious.
• 汤姆被蝙蝠咬伤后，死于狂犬病感染。
  Tom died of rabies after having been bitten by a bat.

Words starting with 感染

• 感染力gǎn rǎn lìinfectiousness (of a disease); appeal; power; impact…
• 感染者gǎn rǎn zhěinfected person
• 感染率gǎn rǎn lǜrate of infection (usu. of a disease)
• 感染人数gǎn rǎn rén shùnumber of infected persons
• 感染性腹泻gǎn rǎn xìng fù xièinfective diarrhea

Words containing 感染

• 病毒感染bìng dú gǎn rǎnviral infection
• 续发感染xù fā gǎn rǎnsecondary infection
• 实验室感染shí yàn shì gǎn rǎnlaboratory infection
• 上呼吸道感染shàng hū xī dào gǎn rǎnupper respiratory tract infection
• 混合感染hùn hé gǎn rǎnmixed infection
• 交叉感染jiāo chā gǎn rǎncross-infection
• 母子垂直感染mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎnmother-to-infant transmission

Where 感染 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fū–gān (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǎn rǎn correctly.
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