沾染

Chinese

		infected by; moisten; receive favours	to catch (a disease); dye
trad. (沾染)		沾	染
simp. #(沾染)		沾	染

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhānrǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ ㄖㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ jim⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-liám / chiam-jiám / tiam-liám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhānrǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ ㄖㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhanrǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹-jan³
    • Yale: jān-rǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janraan
    • Palladius: чжаньжань (čžanʹžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ jim⁵
    • Yale: jīm yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ yim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ jiːm¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-liám
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-liám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamliarm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ liam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-jiám
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-jiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamjiarm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziam⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiam-liám
    • Tâi-lô: tiam-liám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diamliarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁵³/

Verb

沾染

1. to be infected with; to be contaminated by; to be tainted with

Synonyms

• 傳染／传染 (chuánrǎn)
• 感染 (gǎnrǎn)
• (Hokkien) 透著／透着, 過著／过着