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What 染 means

to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting

Ideographic: Water 氵 and wine 九 mixed in a wooden 木 bowl

Made of 氿 + 木

Words with 染

• 感染gǎn rǎnto infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
• 污染wū rǎnto pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.)
• 传染chuán rǎnto infect; contagious
• 染上rǎn shàngto catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)
• 传染病chuán rǎn bìnginfectious disease; contagious disease; communicable disease
• 有染yǒu rǎnto have an affair with sb
• 感染者gǎn rǎn zhěinfected person
• 染色体rǎn sè tǐchromosome
• 染色rǎn sèdye
• 传染性chuán rǎn xìnginfectious; contagious; infectiousness; transmissibility
• 染病rǎn bìngto catch an illness; to get infected with a disease
• 污染物wū rǎn wùpollutant

染 in a sentence

• 我被他的故事感染了。

  wǒ bèi tā de gù shì gǎn rǎn le 。

  I was very impressed by his story.

• 生命是一种致命的性传染病。

  shēng mìng shì yì zhǒng zhì mìng de xìng chuán rǎn bìng 。

  Life is a fatal sexually transmitted disease.

• 我们应该尽力不要污染环境。

  wǒ men yīng gāi jìn lì bú yào wū rǎn huán jìng 。

  We ought to do our best not to pollute our environment.

• 你也许会染上疾病。

  nǐ yě xǔ huì rǎn shàng jí bìng 。

  You may get a serious disease.

• 布被染成鲜红。

  bù bèi rǎn chéng xiān hóng 。

  The cloth was dyed bright red.

Characters that sound like 染

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