传染

to infect, to be contagious

verb Uncommon #13,232
to infect Used when a disease passes to a person or is spread to others.
CH: 这种病会传染给别人。
EN: This disease can spread to other people.

你已经被她传染了

You’ve already caught it from her.

— 浪潮 (2008)

你说这病能是那老太太传染的吗?

Are you saying I could have caught this illness from that old woman?

— 死亡录像 (2007)

最近幼稚园传染来传染去的

Lately, infections have been going around the kindergarten.

— 小偷家族 (2018)

他有肺炎,我也申请过药,但…肺炎病人会被枪毙,怕会传染他人

He has pneumonia. I also requested medication, but… people with pneumonia are shot because they’re afraid they’ll infect others.

— 伯纳德行动 (2007)

他们都被传染了。

They all got infected.

— 死亡录像 (2007)

我被传染了吗?

Did I catch it?

— 小偷家族 (2018)

会被传染的

It's contagious.

— 小偷家族 (2018)

传染什么?

What is it contagious?

— 死亡录像 (2007)

我感冒很严重传染给你就糟了

I have a really bad cold. It would be awful if I passed it on to you.

— 哈尔的移动城堡 (2004)

不能让受传染的在外边呆着。

We can't leave the infected person outside.

— 死亡录像 (2007)

verb Rare #28,396
to be contagious Used for diseases and figuratively for qualities or behavior that spread from person to person.
CH: 这种病会传染。
EN: This disease is contagious.

我开始怀疑梦游是否会传染?

I'm starting to wonder whether sleepwalking is contagious.

— 重庆森林 (1994)

你也是,这会传染的

You too—it's contagious.

— 恶魔 (1955)

要是传染的话,他们也得像那老太太一样。

If it were contagious, they'd be like that old lady too.

— 死亡录像 (2007)