沾
zhān HSK7

moisten

沾 zhān frequency
be stained with verb
to become attached to or covered with something (like dust, mud, or liquid) as a result of contact

你的衣服上沾了灰尘，快拍拍吧。

nǐ de yī​fu shàng zhān le huī​chén, kuài pāi pāi ba.

There is dust on your clothes; give them a quick pat.

touch verb
to come into light physical contact with something

忙了一整天，他累得一沾枕头就睡着了。

máng le yī zhěng​tiān, tā lèi de yī zhān zhěn​tou jiù shuì​zháo le.

After a busy day, he was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

benefit verb
to receive advantage or profit through association or contact with someone or something

大家都沾了他的光。

dà​jiā dōu zhān le tā de guāng.

Everyone benefited from their association with him.

be infected verb
to be affected by a disease, bad habit, or negative influence

他千万不能沾上赌博的恶习。

tā qiān​wàn bù néng zhān​shàng dǔ​bó de è​xí.

He must never pick up the bad habit of gambling.

沾 (霑) zhān
moisten verb
to moisten

雨水沾湿了我的衣服。

yǔ​shuǐ zhān shī le wǒ de yī​fu.

The rain soaked my clothes.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,402nd most common 21.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,081st most common 16.9 per million appears in 10% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
17.2 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
12.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6CBE

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)