HSK 6 · Body

感染 gǎnrǎn “to infect” in Chinese

Said as gánrǎn

Same in Traditional

What 感染 means

  1. to infect
  2. infection
  3. to affect (emotionally)
  4. (fig.) to influence

How to say 感染

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale感gǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale染rǎn3rd tone, dipping

Said as gánrǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

感染 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆被感染了吗？

    Tāngmǔ bèi gǎnrǎn le ma?

    Is Tom infected?

    Sentence #8696436 from Tatoeba

  2. 我被他的故事感染了。

    Wǒ bèi tā de gùshi gǎnrǎn le.

    I was moved by his story.

    Sentence #2052199 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆的笑声很有感染力。

    Tāngmǔ de xiàoshēng hěn yǒu gǎnrǎnlì.

    Tom’s laughter is infectious.

    Sentence #13278101 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 感染 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 感 (gǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
感gǎnto feel
  • 咸all · xián
  • 心heart · xīn

Memory aidHeart 心 with 咸 (xián) for the sound: to feel.

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 感染

感 13 strokes · 染 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 感染

Words with 感

感冒gǎnmào · catch cold感到gǎndào · to feel感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in感gǎn · (suffix) sense of …感觉gǎnjué · feeling感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks感动gǎndòng · to be moved感情gǎnqíng · emotion感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions

Words with 染

污染wūrǎn · to pollute传染chuánrǎn · to infect染rǎn · to dye

More words: People, Body & Health

发育fāyù · to develop肺fèi · lung分泌fēnmì · to secrete腹泻fùxiè · diarrhoea疙瘩gēda · pimple喉咙hóulóng · throat患者huànzhě · patient化验huàyàn · laboratory test

FAQs

感染 (gǎnrǎn) means “to infect” or “infection”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gǎnrǎn: gǎn with a 3rd tone, then rǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like gánrǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 感染 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganran with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 感染 from the suggestions. Typing ganran into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
感染 is an HSK 6 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.