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rǎn

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rǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rǎn | ran3
English translation
to dye
to catch (a disease)
to acquire (bad habits etc)
to contaminate
to add color washes to a painting
dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious

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About rǎn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

rǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Water  shuǐ  and wine  jiǔ  mixed in a wooden  bowl

Etymology of rǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氿木

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Example sentences using rǎn

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因此 yīncǐ dāng 互补 hù bǔ 染色体 rǎn sè tǐ 丢失 diū shī shí , jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng 恶性 è xìng fēn .

Maligrant segregants may, therefore, arise when complementing chromosomes are lost.

yān xiè 污染 wūrǎn 空气 kōngqì .

Soot fouls the air.

不要 bù yào 过于 guòyú 渲染 xuàn rǎn , 告诉 gàosu 我们 wǒmen 实情 shí qíng 就行了.

Don't dramatise so much, just give us the facts.

1742 Nián , rǎn shǎng le 致命 zhì mìng de 天花 tiān huā .

In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.

妈妈 māma 看到头发 tóufa 染成这种 zhè zhǒng 颜色 yánsè huì 火冒三丈 huǒ mào sān zhàng de .

My mum'll have hysterics when she sees the colour of my hair.

Words with rǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
感染 gǎnrǎn infection感染 gǎnrǎn
污染 wūrǎn pollution污染 wūrǎn
rǎn to dye rǎn
传染 chuánrǎn to infect傳染
传染病 chuán rǎn bìng infectious disease傳染病
染色 rǎn sè dye染色 rǎn sè
染色体 rǎn sè tǐ chromosome染色體
污染物 wū rǎn wù pollutant污染物 wū rǎn wù
染上 rǎn shàng to catch (a disease)染上 rǎn shàng
渲染 xuàn rǎn rendering (computing)渲染 xuàn rǎn
环境污染 huán jìng wū rǎn environmental pollution環境污染
感染力 gǎn rǎn lì inspiration感染力 gǎn rǎn lì
传染性 chuán rǎn xìng infectious傳染性
染料 rǎn liào dye染料 rǎn liào
感染者 gǎn rǎn zhě infected person感染者 gǎn rǎn zhě
染指 rǎn zhǐ abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎 rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng 染指 rǎn zhǐ
水污染 shuǐ wū rǎn water pollution水污染 shuǐ wū rǎn
染发 rǎn fà rinse染髮
沾染 zhān rǎn to be infected by沾染 zhān rǎn
一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn spotless一塵不染
感染率 gǎn rǎn lǜ rate of infection (usu. of a disease)感染率 gǎn rǎn lǜ
印染 yìn rǎn printing and dyeing印染 yìn rǎn
染病 rǎn bìng to catch an illness染病 rǎn bìng
耳濡目染 ěr rú mù rǎn to be influenced耳濡目染 ěr rú mù rǎn
有染 yǒu rǎn to have an affair with sb有染 yǒu rǎn

rǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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rǎn Decomposition

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rǎn Compounds

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