Chinese Word: 传 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

传 (Trad.: 傳)HSK 4

Total strokes: 6; Radical: 人

Pictophonetic: 专 indicates the sound; 亻 (people) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 亻 [ rén ] man, person; people
- 专 [ zhuān ] concentrated, specialized; to monopolize

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Pinyin: chuán

English Definition: to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
Example Words:
传统 [ chuán tǒng ]: tradition; traditional; convention; conventional; Classifiers: 个
宣传 [ xuān chuán ]: to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; Classifiers: 个
传播 [ chuán bō ]: to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
传说 [ chuán shuō ]: legend; folklore; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
传递 [ chuán dì ]: to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
More: 传* | *传 | *传*
Pinyin: zhuàn

English Definition: biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
Example Words:
传记 [ zhuàn jì ]: biography; Classifiers: 篇
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
More: 传* | *传 | *传*

Example Sentences

zhè zhǒng
这种
yào fāng
药方
méi
没
néng
能
chuán
传
xià lai
下来

。

That herbal prescription has been lost to posterity.
dà bù fen
大部分
shù jù
数据
shì
是
méi
没
bì yào
必要
tóng bù
同步
dào
到
zhuō miàn
桌面
diàn nǎo
电脑
lǐ
里
de
的

，
dàn
但
xiàn zài
现在
yào
要
chuán
传
gè
个
méi tǐ wén jiàn
媒体文件
yě
也
bú shi
不是
gè
个
jiǎn dān
简单
de
的
shì
事
ā
啊

。

There was no need to sync to a desktop for most of your data, but there was no easy, slick way to transfer media.
rú
如
nǐ
你
xiǎng xiàng
想象
de
的
nà yàng
那样

，
xiāo xi
消息
chuán
传
dé
得
shí fēn
十分
kuài
快

，
shè qū
社区
lǐ
里
de
的
hái zi men
孩子们
cóng
从
sì miàn bā fāng
四面八方
pǎo
跑
guò lái
过来
le
了

。

As you can imagine, word spread pretty quickly and children from all over the community literally came running.
tā
他
xiǎng
想
qù
去
luó mǎ
罗马

]

,

“
dàn
但
rú jīn
如今
zài
在
zhè lǐ
这里
zài
再
méi yǒu
没有
kě chuán
可传
de
的
dì fāng
地方

，
ér qiě
而且
zhè
这
hǎo jǐ nián
好几年

，
wǒ
我
qiē
切
xīn xiǎng
心想
wǎng
往
dào
到
xī bān yá
西班牙
qù
去
de shí hòu
的时候

，
kě yǐ
可以
dào
到
nǐ men
你们
nà li
那里

。

But now with no further place for me in these regions,I desire, as I have for many years,to come to you when I go to Spain.
xiǎo xīn
小心
bié
别
ràng
让
nǐ
你
hái zi
孩子
chuán
传
shàng
上
liú gǎn
流感

。

Mind that your children don't catch the flu.

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