# 传染 (chuánrǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 传染 (chuánrǎn) means “to infect; contagious”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to infect; contagious
- Pinyin: chuánrǎn (chuan2 ran3)
- Traditional: 傳染
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 这种感冒很容易传染。
  Zhè zhǒng gǎnmào hěn róngyì chuánrǎn.
  This kind of flu is easily contagious.

## Characters

- [传](https://hanziro.com/word/chuan-pass-on/) (chuán): to pass on; to spread
- [染](https://hanziro.com/word/ran-dye/) (rǎn): to dye; to catch (a disease)

https://hanziro.com/word/chuan-ran-infect/

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