染上

rǎnshàng
  1. to catch (a disease)
  2. to get (a bad habit)

CEDICT

Examples

你也许会染上疾病。

You may get a serious disease.

Source: Tatoeba

黃昏時分，天空染上了紫色的光。

At dusk, the sky was dyed with purple light.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 染 rǎn
  1. to dye
  2. to catch (a disease)
  3. to acquire (bad habits etc)
  4. to contaminate
  5. to add color washes to a painting
2 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above

Related entries

丮 jǐ to catch
捉住 zhuōzhù
  1. to catch
  2. to grapple with
  3. to hold onto
我們把小偷捉住了。

We captured the thief.

Source: Tatoeba

接住 jiēzhù
  1. to catch (sth thrown etc)
  2. to receive (sth given)
  3. to accept
她朝我丢葡萄，我试着用嘴接住它们。

She tossed me grapes and I tried to catch them with my mouth.

Source: Tatoeba

抓 zhuā
  1. to grab
  2. to catch
  3. to arrest
  4. to snatch
  5. to scratch
抓到了。

Captured.

Source: Tatoeba

捕撈 bǔlāo
  1. to fish for (aquatic animals and plants)
  2. to catch
掛住 guàzhù
  1. to get caught (entangled)
  2. to catch (on sth)
染 rǎn
  1. to dye
  2. to catch (a disease)
  3. to acquire (bad habits etc)
  4. to contaminate
  5. to add color washes to a painting
布被染成鲜红。

The cloth was dyed bright red.

Source: Tatoeba

聽得懂 tīngdedǒng
  1. to understand (by hearing)
  2. to catch (what sb says)
你听得懂瑞典语。

You can understand Swedish.

Source: Tatoeba

聽懂 tīngdǒng
  1. to understand (on hearing)
  2. to catch (what is spoken)
我没听懂他说的话。

I didn't catch what he said.

Source: Tatoeba

拿 ná
  1. to hold
  2. to seize
  3. to catch
  4. to apprehend
  5. to take
  6. (used in the same way as 把 bǎ: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
拿我的。

Take mine.

Source: Tatoeba

得 dé
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
跑得飛快

Run like the wind.

Run very fast.

Source: Tatoeba

羅 luó
  1. gauze
  2. to collect
  3. to gather
  4. to catch
  5. to sift
皮特羅去摘蘋果。

Pietro went apple-picking.

Source: Tatoeba

接 jiē
  1. to receive
  2. to answer (the phone)
  3. to meet or welcome sb
  4. to connect
  5. to catch
  6. to join
  7. to extend
  8. to take one's turn on duty
  9. to take over for sb
他來接我走。

He came to pick me up.

Source: Tatoeba

拿到 nádào
  1. to get
  2. to obtain
我拿到这个了。

I got this.

Source: Tatoeba

謀得 móudé
  1. to get
  2. to obtain
取 qǔ
  1. to take
  2. to get
  3. to choose
  4. to fetch
她从银行取了钱。

She drew out the money from the bank.

Source: Tatoeba

拿來 nálái
  1. to bring
  2. to fetch
  3. to get
她拿來了一個掃把。

She brought a broom.

Source: Tatoeba

起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
我起得早。

I woke up early.

Source: Tatoeba