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染上 meaning in English

rǎnshàng

to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)

12 strokes

Meaning of 染上

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

rǎnshàng
  1. to catch (a disease)
  2. to get (a bad habit)

染上 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ也yě许xǔ会huì染rǎn上shàng疾jí病bìng。
You may get a serious disease.
我wǒ们men全quán都dōu染rǎn上shàng了le流liú感gǎn，连lián老lǎo师shī也yě不bù例lì外wài。
We all caught flu, and so did the teacher.
黄huáng昏hūn时shí分fēn，天tiān空kōng染rǎn上shàng了le紫zǐ色sè的de光guāng。
At dusk, the sky was dyed with purple light.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

染 rǎn · to dye · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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  5. 5
  6. 6
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  9. 9

上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 染上.

马上mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
车上chē shang
上学shàngxuéto go to school; to attend school

Questions about 染上

What does 染上 mean?

染上 (rǎnshàng) means "to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)".

How do you write 染上?

染上 is made of 2 characters: 染 (9 strokes), 上 (3 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.