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传染

to infect; to spread (disease)

传染
chuánrǎn2nd tone
Pinyin
chuánrǎn
Strokes
15
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 传染

传染 is written with 15 strokes (传: 6, 染: 9). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

传染给旁边的人.

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肺鼠疫在肺里,病人咳嗽的时候,病原体会跟着飞出来,传染给旁边的人。

Pneumonic plague is in the lungs; when a patient coughs, the pathogen flies out and infects people nearby.

A Russian Lab Worker Died After a Test Tube Broke at a Plague Institute. Russia Says It Wasn't Plague, but Quarantined 200 People.

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