rǎn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to dye
  2. 2. to catch (a disease)
  3. 3. to acquire (bad habits etc)
  4. 4. to contaminate
  5. 5. to add color washes to a painting

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 染

传染
chuán rǎn

to infect

传染病
chuán rǎn bìng

infectious disease

感染
gǎn rǎn

to infect; infection

感染力
gǎn rǎn lì

infectiousness (of a disease)

污染
wū rǎn

to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.)

一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn

untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible

上呼吸道感染
shàng hū xī dào gǎn rǎn

upper respiratory tract infection

传染性
chuán rǎn xìng

infectious; contagious

传染源
chuán rǎn yuán

source of an infection

传染病学
chuán rǎn bìng xué

epidemiology

冰染染料
bīng rǎn rǎn liào

azoic dyes

出淤泥而不染
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn

lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)

印染
yìn rǎn

printing and dyeing

噪声污染
zào shēng wū rǎn

noise pollution

基因染色体异常
jī yīn rǎn sè tǐ yì cháng

genetic chromosome abnormality

多腺染色体
duō xiàn rǎn sè tǐ

polytene chromosome

大染缸
dà rǎn gāng

big dyeing vat

大气污染
dà qì wū rǎn

air pollution

实验室感染
shí yàn shì gǎn rǎn

laboratory infection

常染色体
cháng rǎn sè tǐ

autosomal chromosome

感染人数
gǎn rǎn rén shù

number of infected persons

感染性腹泻
gǎn rǎn xìng fù xiè

infective diarrhea

感染率
gǎn rǎn lǜ

rate of infection (usu. of a disease)

感染者
gǎn rǎn zhě

infected person

拔染
bá rǎn

discharge

挑染
tiāo rǎn

highlight (hair)

放射性污染
fàng shè xìng wū rǎn

radioactive contamination

放射性沾染
fàng shè xìng zhān rǎn

radioactive contamination

放射性沾染物
fàng shè xìng zhān rǎn wù

radioactive contaminant

晕染
yùn rǎn

to smudge (become smeared)

有染
yǒu rǎn

to have an affair with sb

染上
rǎn shàng

to catch (a disease)

染布
rǎn bù

to dye cloth

染厂
rǎn chǎng

dye factory

染指
rǎn zhǐ

to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie

染指垂涎
rǎn zhǐ chuí xián

lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth

染指于鼎
rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng

lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie

染料
rǎn liào

dye

染毒
rǎn dú

contamination

染病
rǎn bìng

to catch an illness

染织
rǎn zhī

dyeing and weaving

染色
rǎn sè

dye

染色质
rǎn sè zhì

chromosome

染色体
rǎn sè tǐ

chromosome

染色体三倍体症
rǎn sè tǐ sān bèi tǐ zhèng

trisomy

染色体倍性
rǎn sè tǐ bèi xìng

ploidy (number of homologous chromosomes)

染风习俗
rǎn fēng xí sú

bad habits

染发
rǎn fà

to dye one's hair

染发剂
rǎn fà jì

hair dye

残余沾染
cán yú zhān rǎn

residual contamination

母子垂直感染
mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn

mother-to-infant transmission

水污染
shuǐ wū rǎn

water pollution

水质污染
shuǐ zhì wū rǎn

water pollution

污染区
wū rǎn qū

contaminated area

污染物
wū rǎn wù

pollutant

沾染
zhān rǎn

to pollute (often fig.)

沾染世俗
zhān rǎn shì sú

to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)

沾染控制
zhān rǎn kòng zhì

contamination control

沾染程度检查仪
zhān rǎn chéng dù jiǎn chá yí

contamination meter

洗染店
xǐ rǎn diàn

commercial laundry

浸染
jìn rǎn

to be contaminated

混合感染
hùn hé gǎn rǎn

mixed infection

渲染
xuàn rǎn

rendering (computing)

漂染
piǎo rǎn

to bleach and dye

濡染
rú rǎn

to infect

烘染
hōng rǎn

relief shading (in a picture)

熏染
xūn rǎn

to exert a gradual influence

环境污染
huán jìng wū rǎn

environmental pollution

病毒感染
bìng dú gǎn rǎn

viral infection

空气污染
kōng qì wū rǎn

air pollution

扎染
zā rǎn

to tie-dye

续发感染
xù fā gǎn rǎn

secondary infection

纤尘不染
xiān chén bù rǎn

see 一塵不染|一尘不染[yī chén bù rǎn]

耳濡目染
ěr rú mù rǎn

to be influenced

蜡染
là rǎn

batik (color printing on cloth using wax)

轻染
qīng rǎn

tinge

除沾染
chú zhān rǎn

decontamination

革兰氏染色法
gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ

Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)

飞沫传染
fēi mò chuán rǎn

droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc)

点染
diǎn rǎn

to touch up (a piece of writing)