HSK 6 HSK C5/V5
Correct

/ rǎn /
Strokes

Collocation

1
【Verb+object】
染发
染色
2
Adverbial adjunct + Modified word (verb:染)
地 must not be used under the following circumstances:
Adverb:
【Adverb+verb】
我[不]染发。

Auxiliary verb:
【Auxiliary verb +verb】
他[可能]染上了流感。

Prepositional phrases:
【Prepositional phrases+Verb】
把头发染成黄色。

Pronoun:
【Demonstrative pronoun+verb】
怎么染?
3
染 can be followed by complement:
The complement of frequency:
【verb+time frequency】
染一下
染一次

Position of the Object:
【Verb(+了/ 过)+complement of frequency+Object(Noun) 】
染过一次发
4
The Complement of Result:
【verb+verb/ adjective】
染上
染成

Position of the Object :
【verb+Complement of Result+Object】
染上流感
染上坏习惯
染成黑色
5
The Complement of Compound Direction
【Verb+Simple Directional verb(上/ 下/ 进/ 出/ 回 / 过/ 起/ 到)+来/ 去】
染上去
6
The Complement of  Potentiality
【Verb+ (得 /不)+ Complement of Result / Complement of Direction】
染得上
染不上
染得上去
染不上去

【Verb +得了(de liǎo ) / 不了( bù liǎo )】
染得了
染不了

Definition

染:动词

1.(用染料着色)dye:

dye a piece of cloth blue; 把一块布染成蓝色

dye hair; 染发

2.(感染) catch [contract] (a disease):

have caught the flu; contract influenza 染上了流感

3.(沾染) acquire (a bad habit, etc.); soil; contaminate:

emerge unstained from the filth; 出污泥而不染

acquire a bad habit; 染上恶习

 

Example

染:动词1.(用染料着色)dye:
1
kuài
rǎn
布染
chéng
lán
蓝色

Dye a piece of cloth blue.

2
tóu
头发
rǎn
chéng
le
huáng
黄色
  

He dyed his hair yellow.

2.(感染) catch [contract] (a disease):
3
rǎnshàng
染上
le
liúgǎn
流感
  

He has the flu.

3.(沾染) acquire
4
rǎnshàng
染上
le
è
恶习
  

He got into bad habits.