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rǎn
Main
English Definitionto dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting
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Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinrǎn
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
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Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄖㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)jim5
Part of Speech(动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=5 TOCFL=6

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Words With Same Head Word    
染料rǎnliàodye
染色rǎnsèdye
染色体rǎnsè tǐchromosome
染上rǎnshàngto catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)
染红rǎnhóngincarnadine
Words With Same Tail Word    
感染gǎnrǎninfection; to infect; to influence
传染chuánrǎnto infect; contagious
污染wūrǎnpollution; contamination
环境污染huánjìng wūrǎnenvironmental pollution
渲染xuànrǎnrendering (computing); to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting); to exaggerate; to embellish
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