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染

rǎn

HSK 6 Character

What 染 means

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

Example sentences

• 汤姆染发了。
  Tāngmu rǎnfā le.
  Tom dyed his hair.
• 布被染成鲜红。
  Bù bèi rǎn chéng xiānhóng.
  The cloth was dyed bright red.
• 你染过头发吗？
  Have you ever dyed your hair?
• 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.
• 热情具有传染性。
  Enthusiasm is contagious.

Words starting with 染

• 染上rǎn shàngto catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)
• 染色rǎn sèto dye
• 染色体rǎn sè tǐchromosome
• 染料rǎn liàodye
• 染指rǎn zhǐto dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie…
• 染布rǎn bùto dye cloth
• 染毒rǎn dúcontamination
• 染病rǎn bìngto catch an illness; to get infected with a disease
• 染织rǎn zhīdyeing and weaving
• 染发rǎn fàto dye one's hair; rinse; tint
• 染色质rǎn sè zhìchromatin
• 染厂rǎn chǎngdye factory; dye-works
• 染发剂rǎn fà jìhair dye; rinse; tint
• 染色体倍性rǎn sè tǐ bèi xìngploidy (number of homologous chromosomes)
• 染风习俗rǎn fēng xí súbad habits; to get into bad habits through long custom
• 染指于鼎rǎn zhǐ yú dǐnglit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie…
• 染指垂涎rǎn zhǐ chuí xiánlit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth

Words containing 染

• 污染wū rǎn(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
• 传染chuán rǎnto infect; contagious
• 感染gǎn rǎnto infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
• 渲染xuàn rǎnrendering (computing); to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting)…
• 传染病chuán rǎn bìnginfectious disease; contagious disease; communicable disease
• 感染力gǎn rǎn lìinfectiousness (of a disease); appeal; power; impact…
• 感染者gǎn rǎn zhěinfected person
• 一尘不染yī chén bù rǎn(idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest…
• 沾染zhān rǎnto pollute (often fig.); to be infected by; to gain a small advantage
• 环境污染huán jìng wū rǎnenvironmental pollution
• 耳濡目染ěr rú mù rǎnto be influenced
• 水污染shuǐ wū rǎnwater pollution
• 传染性chuán rǎn xìnginfectious; contagious; infectiousness; transmissibility
• 污染物wū rǎn wùpollutant
• 有染yǒu rǎnto have an affair with sb
• 蜡染là rǎnbatik (color printing on cloth using wax)
• 浸染jìn rǎnto be contaminated; to be gradually influenced
• 印染yìn rǎnprinting and dyeing
• 挑染tiāo rǎnhighlight (hair); partial hair dye
• 轻染qīng rǎntinge
• 点染diǎn rǎnto touch up (a piece of writing); to add details (to a painting)
• 传染源chuán rǎn yuánsource of an infection
• 感染率gǎn rǎn lǜrate of infection (usu. of a disease)
• 洗染店xǐ rǎn diàncommercial laundry; cleaners

Characters that look like 染

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 荣róngglory; honor; thriving
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 柴cháifirewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
• 殷yāndark red

Sounds the same

Read rǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冉edge of a tortoiseshell; used in 冉冉
• 苒luxuriant growth; passing (of time)
• 䎃(ornithology) down
• 珃(jade)