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染 (jim5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

染 (jim5, rǎn) — to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting; to pollute; to contaminate; illicit relationship

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 染污 (jim5 wu1) — to soil; to contaminate
• 染缸 (jim5 gong1) — a dye vat; often used as a metaphor to describe an environment where one cannot…
• 染上 (jim5 soeng5) — to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)
• 染布 (jim5 bou3) — to dye cloth
• 染廠 (jim5 cong2) — dye factory; dye-works
• 染指 (jim5 zi2) — to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of…

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