染

rǎn

“To dye” in Chinese is 染 (rǎn).

Other characters with the syllable ran: see all 3 →

Meaning

to dye
to catch (a disease)
to acquire (bad habits etc)

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to contaminate
to add color washes to a painting

Example

工厂的废料导致了严重的环境污染。

The factory waste gave rise to serious environmental pollution.

From 污染 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

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Words containing 染

污染wūrǎn(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminateHSK 5 传染chuánrǎnto infectHSK 7-9 感染gǎnrǎnto infect; infectionHSK 7-9 传染病chuánrǎnbìnginfectious disease; contagious disease; communicable diseaseHSK 7-9 感染力gǎnrǎnlìinfectiousness (of a disease)HSK 7-9

More HSK 5 characters

碍àito hinderHSK 5 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coastHSK 5 拔báto pull upHSK 5 拜bàito bow to; to pay one's respectsHSK 5 版bǎna registerHSK 5 扮bànto disguise oneself asHSK 5 棒bàngstickHSK 5 悲bēisadHSK 5 辈bèilifetimeHSK 5 鼻bínoseHSK 5

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