染发

染髮

rǎnfà

verb #18,781

Meanings

1 to dye one's hair
2 hair dyeing

Characters

to dye; to stain

Examples

HSK 4

她昨天去理发店染发了。

Tā zuótiān qù lǐfàdiàn rǎnfà le.

She went to the hair salon yesterday to get her hair dyed.

HSK 6

染发对头发有损伤吗？

Rǎnfà duì tóufa yǒu sǔnshāng ma?

Is hair dyeing damaging to your hair?

Tips

mistakes

Note the traditional character: 髮 (hair) not 發 (to emit). In simplified Chinese, both are written as 发, but the meaning here is specifically hair.

Stroke Order

染 rǎn

发 fā