| 染料 | rǎn liào | dye |
| 染 | rǎn | to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add colour washes to a painting |
| 染色 | rǎn sè | dye |
| 染色体 | rǎn sè tǐ | chromosome |
| 染色质 | rǎn sè zhì | chromosome; genetic material of chromosome |
| 染病 | rǎn bìng | to catch an illness; to get infected with a disease |
| 染布 | rǎn bù | to dye cloth |
| 染厂 | rǎn chǎng | dye factory; dye-works |
| 染指 | rǎn zhǐ | to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action; abbr. for 染指于鼎 |
| 染指垂涎 | rǎn zhǐ chuí xián | lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth |
| 染指于鼎 | rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng | lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action |
| 染毒 | rǎn dú | contamination |
| 染织 | rǎn zhī | dyeing and weaving |
| 染色体倍性 | rǎn sè tǐ bèi xìng | ploidy (number of homologous chromosomes) |
| 染风习俗 | rǎn fēng xí sú | bad habits; to get into bad habits through long custom |
| 染发 | rǎn fà | to dye one's hair; rinse; tint |
| 染发剂 | rǎn fà jì | hair dye; rinse; tint |
