Definitions
- 1. to moisten
- 2. to be infected by
- 3. to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
- 4. to touch
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Common patterns: 沾水 (to moisten with water), 沾光 (to get reflected glory), 沾染 (to be tainted by bad habits).
Common mistakes
沾 usually implies slight contact or a passive benefit; do not use for deliberate deep immersion (use 浸 or 泡).
Example Sentences
2 shown孩子的鞋上 沾 了很多泥。
我滴酒不 沾 。
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Words Containing 沾
to bask in the light
air ball (basketball)
see 十指不沾陽春水|十指不沾阳春水[shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ]
to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
to share (profits)
see 沾花惹草[zhān huā rě cǎo]
radioactive contamination
radioactive contaminant
residual contamination
Zhanhu county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong
Zhanhu county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong
to moisten one's lips
to pollute (often fig.)
to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)
contamination control
contamination meter
immeasurably self-satisfied
muddy
to moisten
to moisten
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
to have a connection with
dip (cookery)
adhesion (medicine)
never to touch a drop of alcohol
abstaining from liquor and tobacco
feet not touching the ground (idiom)
decontamination
Zhanyi county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
Zhanyi county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan