Dictionary › 传
传
chuán
What 传 means
- to pass on
- to spread
- to transmit
- to infect
- to transfer
- to circulate
- to conduct (electricity)
Other readings
Example sentences
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把球传给我。Roll the ball to me.
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把球传给我！Pass me the ball!
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我听传闻说的。Wǒ tīng chuánwén shuō de.A little bird told me.
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远处传来歌声。Songs can be heard in the distance.
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宣传由我来负责。Xuānchuán yóu wǒ lái fùzé.I'm in charge of the propaganda.
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请把它传真给我。Qǐng bǎ tā chuánzhēn gěi wǒ.Please send it to me by fax.
Words starting with 传
- 传统chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
- 传真chuán zhēnto fax; a fax; (literary) to portray vividly in painting
- 传播chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
- 传说chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 传递chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math) transitive
- 传染chuán rǎnto infect; contagious
- 传达chuán dáto pass on; to convey; to relay
- 传单chuán dānleaflet; flier; pamphlet
- 传授chuán shòuto impart; to pass on; to teach
- 传记zhuàn jìbiography
- 传来chuán lái(of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
- 传奇chuán qílegendary; fantasy saga; romance
- 传媒chuán méithe media; mass media; (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease)
- 传出chuán chūto transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve)
- 传输chuán shūto transmit; transmission
- 传送chuán sòngto convey; to deliver; to transmit
- 传闻chuán wénrumor
- 传给chuán gěito pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to
- 传言chuán yánrumor; hearsay
- 传承chuán chéngto pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition
- 传染病chuán rǎn bìnginfectious disease; contagious disease; communicable disease
- 传入chuán rùto import; transmitted inwards; afferent
- 传销chuán xiāomulti-level marketing
- 传教士chuán jiào shìmissionary
Words containing 传
- 宣传xuān chuánto disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda
- 流传liú chuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
- 遗传yí chuánheredity; to inherit (a trait); to pass on (to one's offspring)
- 自传zì zhuànautobiography
- 相传xiāng chuánto pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...
- 外传wài chuánto tell others (a secret); to divulge to an outsider; to be rumored
- 宣传部Xuān chuán bùPropaganda Department
- 正传zhèng zhuànmain subject of long novel; true biography
- 水浒传Shuǐ hǔ ZhuànWater Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵
- 左传Zuǒ ZhuànZuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋
- 宣传画xuān chuán huàpropaganda poster; advertising hoarding
- 失传shī chuán(of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
- 据传jù chuánit is rumored that ...; it is reported that ...
- 祖传zǔ chuánpassed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
- 列传liè zhuànhistorical biography
- 谣传yáo chuánrumor
- 名不虚传míng bù xū chuán(idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved
- 家传jiā chuánhanded down in a family; family traditions
- 言归正传yán guī zhèng zhuànto return to the topic (idiom); to get back to the main point
- 遗传学yí chuán xuégenetics
- 电传diàn chuánto send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc)…
- 盛传shèng chuánwidely spread; widely rumored; stories abound
- 小传xiǎo zhuànsketch biography; profile
- 名不见经传míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn(lit.) name not encountered in the classics; unknown (person); nobody
Characters built on 专
These share the phonetic component 专 (zhuān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
- 砖zhuānbrick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)
- 抟tuánto roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 团; (literary) to circle; to wheel
Characters that look like 传
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 估gūto estimate
- 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
- 伟wěibig; large; great
- 伪wěifalse; fake; forged
- 佐zuǒto assist; assistant; aide
- 怅chàngregretful; upset; despairing; depressed
Sounds the same
Read chuán, tone for tone, but written differently.
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