染 (jim5) — dye; tint; colour in Cantonese
jimˏ₅染Mandarin Pinyin: ran3
Meaning of 染
noundye; tint; colour
nounpollute; soil; contaminate
nouncontract (a disease, a bad habit, etc); get infected
nounillicit relationship
Example Sentences with 染
我每一年染兩次髮
I dye my hair twice a year.
我每一年都會染兩次髮
I always dye my hair twice per year.
niˉ¹呢diˉ¹啲seoiˊ²水houˊ²好jimˏ₅染wuˉ¹污
This water is very polluted.
jauˎ₄油jimˏ₅染wuˉ¹污zoˊ²咗hoiˊ²海minˍ₆面
Oil has polluted the sea surface.
siuˊ²小samˉ¹心jimˏ₅染wuˉ¹污deoi˗₃對haaiˎ₄鞋
Be careful not to stain your shoes.
Words Containing 染
印染jan3 jim5
printing and dyeing (of textiles)
感染性gam2 jim5 sing3
infectious; contagious
傳染病cyun4 jim5 beng6
infectious disease; contagious disease; pestilence
大染缸daai6 jim5 gong1
a big dye vat (similar meaning to "melting pot")
馬傳染性貧血maa5 cyun4 jim5 sing3 pan4 hyut3
equine infectious anaemia
染色甕jim4 sik1 ung3
a dye vat
耳濡目染ji5 jyu4 muk6 jim5
be unconsciously influenced by what one constantly hears and views
母子垂直感染mou5 zi2 seoi4 zik6 gam2 jim5
mother-to-infant transmission
染廠jim5 cong2
dye factory; dye-works
染毒jim5 duk6
contamination
染上jim5 soeng5
to be infected by; catch, contract
染色jim5 sik1
(v.) stain -- to colour something by staining it, i.e. colouring it with dye
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