Chinese word dictionary

染布

rǎn bù · to dye cloth

Practice word

Word information

Simplified染布

Traditional染布

Pinyinrǎn bù

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

染rǎn

dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious

布bù

cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread

How to learn 染布

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

污染wūrǎn

(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate

发布fābù

to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute; variant of 發布|发布[fa1 bu4]

分布fēnbù

to scatter; to distribute; to be distributed (over an area etc); (statistical, geographic) distribution

公布gōngbù

to announce; to make public; to publish; variant of 公布[gong1 bu4]

宣布xuānbù

to declare; to announce; to proclaim; variant of 宣布[xuan1 bu4]

布bù

cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; variant of 布[bu4]; to announce; to spread