HSK 5 · Body

传染 chuánrǎn “to infect” in Chinese

Traditional 傳染

What 传染 means

  1. to infect
  2. contagious

How to say 传染

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale传chuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale染rǎn3rd tone, dipping

传染 in a sentence

  1. 我的感冒传染了他。

    Wǒ de gǎnmào chuánrǎn le tā.

    I gave him my cold.

    Sentence #1423995 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 疟疾是由蚊子传染的。

    Nüèjí shì yóu wénzi chuánrǎn de.

    Malaria is spread by mosquitoes.

    Sentence #835724 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 传染 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 传 (chuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
传chuánto pass on
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 专concentrated · zhuānSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 专 (zhuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with chuán.

The character 染 (rǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
染rǎnto dye
  • 氿spring · guǐ
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 传染

传 6 strokes · 染 9 strokes

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传染 (chuánrǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 传染 (chuánrǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 传染

Words with 传

传真chuánzhēn · fax宣传xuānchuán · to publicise传播chuánbō · to disseminate流传liúchuán · to spread传统chuántǒng · tradition传说chuánshuō · legend遗传yíchuán · genetic传达chuándá · to convey传授chuánshòu · to teach传单chuándān · leaflet

Words with 染

污染wūrǎn · to pollute染rǎn · to dye感染gǎnrǎn · to infect

More words: People, Body & Health

长辈zhǎngbèi · elder主人zhǔrén · master病毒bìngdú · virus脖子bózi · neck打喷嚏dǎpēntì · to sneeze骨头gǔtou · bone挂号guàhào · to register (at a hospital)过敏guòmǐn · allergic

FAQs

传染 (chuánrǎn) means “to infect” or “contagious”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chuánrǎn: chuán with a 2nd tone, then rǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 传染 is written 傳染. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuanran with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 传染 from the suggestions. Typing chuanran into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
传染 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.