感染

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Chinese

to feel; to move; to touch
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
 
 to catch (a disease); dye
trad. (感染) 感 染
simp. #(感染) 感 染
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Pronunciation

Verb

感染

  1. (medicine) to infect or be infected by; to have an infection; to contract (a contagion)
    感染病毒  ―  gǎnrǎn bìngdú  ―  to be infected by a virus
    胸部感染  ―  xiōngbù gǎnrǎn  ―  chest infection
    細菌感染／细菌感染  ―  xìjūn gǎnrǎn  ―  bacterial infection
    病毒感染  ―  bìngdú gǎnrǎn  ―  viral infection
    消除感染  ―  xiāochú gǎnrǎn  ―  elimination of infection
    上呼吸道感染  ―  shànghūxīdào gǎnrǎn  ―  upper respiratory tract infection
    傷口容易感染。／伤口容易感染。  ―  Shāngkǒu róngyì gǎnrǎn.  ―  The wound can easily become infected.
  2. (computing, of a virus) to infect (computers)
  3. (figurative) to influence; to affect; to imbue (with)
    受到感染  ―  shòudào gǎnrǎn  ―  to be influenced

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
感 染
かん
Grade: 3 		せん
Grade: 6
kan’on kan’yōon
 感染 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Coined by Japanese medical scientist Okuyama Torafumi in 1872 in his work 医語類聚 (Igo ruiju) as a translation of English affection.

Pronunciation

Noun

感(かん)染(せん) • (kansen) ←かんせん (kansen)?

  1. infection, contagion

Derived terms

Verb

感(かん)染(せん)する • (kansen suru) ←かんせん (kansen)?intransitive suru (stem 感(かん)染(せん)し (kansen shi), past 感(かん)染(せん)した (kansen shita))

  1. to become infected, to catch
    ウイルスに感(かん)染(せん)する
    uirusu ni kansen suru
    become infected with a virus

Conjugation

Conjugation of "感染する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 感染し かんせんし kansen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 感染し かんせんし kansen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 感染する かんせんする kansen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 感染する かんせんする kansen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 感染すれ かんせんすれ kansen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 感染せよ¹
感染しろ² 		かんせんせよ¹
かんせんしろ² 		kansen seyo¹
kansen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 感染される かんせんされる kansen sareru
Causative 感染させる
感染さす 		かんせんさせる
かんせんさす 		kansen saseru
kansen sasu
Potential 感染できる かんせんできる kansen dekiru
Volitional 感染しよう かんせんしよう kansen shiyō
Negative 感染しない かんせんしない kansen shinai
Negative continuative 感染せず かんせんせず kansen sezu
Formal 感染します かんせんします kansen shimasu
Perfective 感染した かんせんした kansen shita
Conjunctive 感染して かんせんして kansen shite
Hypothetical conditional 感染すれば かんせんすれば kansen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “感染”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
感染

Noun

感染 • (gamyeom) (hangeul 감염)

  1. Hanja form? of 감염 (“infection, contagion, infestation”).
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