传 chuán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 专 concentrated, specialized
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
传染
chuánrǎn
to infect
Characters in this word
染 rǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 氿 spring 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这种病毒主要通过空气传染，因此室内通风显得尤为重要。 Zhè zhǒng bìngdú zhǔyào tōngguò kōngqì chuánrǎn, yīncǐ shìnèi tōngfēng xiǎnde yóuwéi zhòngyào. This virus is mainly transmitted through the air, so indoor ventilation is especially important.
- 感冒很容易传染，你最好戴上口罩。 Gǎnmào hěn róngyì chuánrǎn, nǐ zuìhǎo dàishàng kǒuzhào. A cold spreads easily; you had better put on a mask.
- 他怕把病传染给家人，所以一个人住在另一个房间。 Tā pà bǎ bìng chuánrǎn gěi jiārén, suǒyǐ yí ge rén zhù zài lìng yí ge fángjiān. Afraid of passing the illness to his family, he stayed alone in another room.
Related words
- 传 chuán to pass on; to spread
- 传播 chuánbō to spread; to transmit
- 传来 chuánlái to come through; to be heard
- 传说 chuánshuō legend
- 宣传 xuānchuán to promote; to publicize
- 传统 chuántǒng tradition; traditional
- 流传 liúchuán to spread; to pass down
- 遗传 yíchuán heredity; to be inherited
- 传达 chuándá to pass on a message
- 传递 chuándì to pass; to transmit
- 传真 chuánzhēn fax
- 传承 chuánchéng to inherit and carry forward