粵

染jim5上soeng5

jim5 soeng5rǎn shàng

English

  1. to catch (a disease)
  2. to get (a bad habit)
  3. to be infected, signifies the initiation of the process of being plagued by
  4. to be addicted (to drugs)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 開始染有
  2. 上癮

Examples

  • 你也许会染上疾病。

    You may get a serious disease.

    Tatoeba · sirpoot CC BY

  • 黃昏時分,天空染上了紫色的光。

    At dusk, the sky was dyed with purple light.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 我們全都染上了流感,連老師也不例外。

    We all caught flu, and so did the teacher.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 染上疾病

    to contract disease ----

  • 佢十五歲就染上毒癮。

    By the age of 15, he was addicted to drugs.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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