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染

rǎn

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

染 (rǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to dye”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to dye
  2. to catch (a disease)
  3. to acquire (bad habits etc)
  4. to contaminate
  5. to add color washes to a painting

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Example

她把頭髮染成了棕色。

She dyed her hair brown.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).