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传统

chuán tǒng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 傳統

传统 (chuán tǒng) means "tradition; traditional". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 传统 means

1. tradition; traditional

The characters in 传统

• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 统tǒngto gather; to unite; to unify

Example sentences

• 这是个土耳其的传统。
  Zhè shì ge Tǔ'ěrqí de chuántǒng.
  This is a Turkish tradition.
• 我们要尊重传统文化。
  We must have respect for tradition.
• 传统价值观是相对的。
  Traditional values are relative.
• 这个传统在中国诞生了。
  Zhège chuántǒng zài Zhōngguó dànshēng le.
  This tradition originates from China.
• 我们必须保持家庭传统。
  We must keep up the family traditions.
• 用花迎春是中国的传统。
  It is a Chinese tradition to welcome spring with flowers.

Words starting with 传统

• 传统医药chuán tǒng yī yàoChinese traditional medicine

Words containing 传统

• 文化传统wén huà chuán tǒngcultural tradition

Where 传统 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Festivals, Traditions & Cultural History (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chuán tǒng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.