染 rǎn in a sentence
Catch (catch a disease - contracted - dye)
染 (rǎn) means Catch (catch a disease - contracted - dye). Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
她把头发 染 成了棕色。
Tā bǎ tóufa rǎn chéng le zōngsè.
She dyed her hair brown.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 染
夕阳把云彩 染 成了金色。
Xīyáng bǎ yúncai rǎn chéng le jīnsè.
The setting sun dyed the clouds gold.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 染
治理污 染 刻不容缓。
Zhìlǐ wūrǎn kèbùrónghuǎn.
Tackling pollution brooks no delay.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 刻不容缓
我们要减少空气污 染 。
Wǒmen yào jiǎnshǎo kōngqì wūrǎn.
We must reduce air pollution.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 污染
他的笑声传 染 了所有人。
Tā de xiào shēng chuánrǎn le suǒyǒu rén.
His laughter was contagious to everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 传染
污 染 威胁着我们的生活。
Wūrǎn wēixié zhe wǒmen de shēnghuó.
Pollution threatens our lives.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 威胁
防治污 染 需要长期投入。
Fángzhì wūrǎn xūyào chángqī tóurù.
Preventing and controlling pollution needs long-term investment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 防治
治理污 染 需要长期努力。
Zhìlǐ wūrǎn xūyào chángqī nǔlì.
Bringing pollution under control takes long-term effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 治理
夕阳把天边 染 得一片灿烂。
Xīyáng bǎ tiānbiān rǎn de yí piàn cànlàn.
The setting sun dyed the horizon in a blaze of colour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灿烂
伤口感 染 了，必须马上处理。
Shāngkǒu gǎnrǎn le, bìxū mǎshàng chǔlǐ.
The wound is infected and must be treated at once.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 感染
黄昏时分，天边 染 上了金色。
Huánghūn shífēn, tiānbiān rǎn shàng le jīnsè.
At dusk the horizon turned golden.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 黄昏
他的热情感 染 了在场的每个人。
Tā de rèqíng gǎnrǎn le zàichǎng de měi ge rén.
His enthusiasm infected everyone present.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 感染
过度包装既浪费资源又污 染 环境。
Guòdù bāozhuāng jì làngfèi zīyuán yòu wūrǎn huánjìng.
Excessive packaging both wastes resources and pollutes the environment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 包装
这家工厂的污 染 问题被媒体曝光了。
Zhè jiā gōngchǎng de wūrǎn wèntí bèi méitǐ bàoguāng le.
This factory's pollution problem was exposed by the media.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 曝光
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Words that contain 染
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Questions about 染
How is 染 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 染 (rǎn, "Catch (catch a disease - contracted - dye)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 染 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 染 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 染 an HSK word?
Yes — 染 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 染?
The dictionary page for 染 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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