• Pinyin: chuán
  English Definition: to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
  Chinese Definition:
  ①转(zhu僴)授，递：传递。传输。传戒。传统。言传身教。
  ②推广，散布：宣传。流传。传名。传奇(ａ．中国唐代兴起的短篇小说；b．中国明、清两代盛行的长篇戏曲；c．指情节离奇或人物行为超乎寻常的故事)。
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  传统	chuán tǒng	tradition; traditional; convention; conventional; Classifiers: 个	HSK 5
  宣传	xuān chuán	to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; Classifiers: 个	HSK 5
  传播	chuán bō	to disseminate; to propagate; to spread	HSK 5
  传说	chuán shuō	legend; folklore; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...	HSK 5
  传递	chuán dì	to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive

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• Pinyin: zhuàn
  English Definition: biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
  Chinese Definition:
  ①解说经义的文字：经传。《左传》。
  ②记载某人一生事迹的文字：小传。自传。纪传。传记。传略。树碑立传。
  ③以演述历史和人物故事为中心的文学作品：《水浒传》。
  ④古代设于驿站的房舍，亦指驿站上所备的马车：传舍(供来往行人居住的旅舍)。
  Example Words:

  传记	zhuàn jì	biography; Classifiers: 篇	HSK 6
  自传	zì zhuàn	autobiography
  外传	wài zhuàn	unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)
  列传	liè zhuàn	historical biography
  名不见经传	míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn	(lit.) name not encountered in the classics; unknown (person); nobody

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