染上
jim5 soeng5rǎn shàng
English
- to catch (a disease)
- to get (a bad habit)
- to be infected, signifies the initiation of the process of being plagued by
- to be addicted (to drugs)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 開始染有
- 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