Definition

1. Verb:
   • To catch, to contract: To acquire a disease, illness, or condition from an external source, such as a pathogen or environmental factor.
   • To acquire, to pick up: To begin to have or exhibit a habit, mannerism, or influence, often gradually or through exposure.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa trẻ nhiễm virus. (The child contracted the virus.)
  • Cô ấy nhiễm lạnh sau chuyến đi. (She caught a cold after the trip.)
  • Anh ấy nhiễm thói quen đó từ bạn bè. (He acquired that habit from his friends.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhiễm độc": to be poisoned, to be contaminated.

  • Người công nhân nhiễm độc khí. (The worker was poisoned by gas.)

• "nhiễm từ": to become magnetized.

  • Thanh sắt bị nhiễm từ. (The iron bar became magnetized.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lây nhiễm (v): to infect, to transmit.

  • Bệnh cúm rất dễ lây nhiễm. (The flu is very infectious.)

• Nhiễm trùng (v/n): to become infected; an infection.

  • Vết thương đã bị nhiễm trùng. (The wound has become infected.)

Synonyms

• Contract: To acquire a disease.
• Catch: To become infected with an illness.
• Acquire: To gain a habit or trait.

Related Idioms

• Nhiễm thói đời: To be corrupted by worldly ways.
  • Đi xa lâu, nó đã nhiễm thói đời. (Being away for long, he was corrupted by worldly ways.)

1. Catch, contract, acquire
   • Nhiễm lạnh
     To catch a cold
   • Nhiễm một thói quen
     To acquire a habit
   • Nhiễm một thói xấu
     to contract a bad habit