| 染 | 951A40 63.01 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄖㄢˇ [ran3] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To dye: 染布，染紙，染衣服，染指甲，染頭髮 dye cloth, paper, dress, fingernails, hair; 染色 [ran3se4]↓; 染一染 have s.t. dyed; 染坊 a dyer's shop; 洗染店 a laundry and dyeing shop; 染缸 dyeing jars; 染工 a dyer; 臘染 batik. (2) To contract, catch, incur, become infected with: 染病 [ran3bing4]↓; 染患，染上，染著 be infected by; 染惡習 acquire a bad habit, (spec.) be addicted to opium smoking; 染毒 contract venereal disease; 染指 [ran3zhi3]↓; 傳染 catch by infection: 傳染病 infectious, contagious disease; 習染 be accustomed (inured) to, acquire the habit of. (3) To soil, make dirty, contaminate: 染污 [ran3wu1]↓; 有染 have illicit sexual relations with a man (woman); 沾染 be tainted with, acquire (a bad habit); 污染 pollute: 空氣（飲水）污染 air (water) pollution. (4) Apply (ink, paint) to paper. | |||||
| Words | 1. 染病 [ran3bing4], v.i., contract a disease, fall sick, be ill. 2. 染逮 [ran3dai4], v.i., (LL) be implicated (in crime). 3. 染翰 [ran3han4], v.i., to wet writing brush with ink and be ready to write. 4. 染化 [ran3hua4], v.i., come under the influence of a moral teacher. 5. 染指 [ran2zhi3], v.i., have a finger in the pie; 染指草 (bot.) the balsam. 6. 染料 [ran3liao4], n., dyestuffs. 7. 染惹 [ran2re3], v.t., to soil, pollute, taint. 8. 染色 [ran3se4], v.t., to dye, apply color to; 染色體 (biol.) chromosomes. 9. 染習 [ran3xi2], v.i., (Budd.) be contaminated by bad habit or customs. 10. 染污 [ran3wu1], v.t., (1) to stain, pollute, contaminate; (2) be infected by (disease). | |||||