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传闻

chuán wén

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 傳聞

传闻 (chuán wén) means "rumor". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 传闻 means

1. rumor

The characters in 传闻

• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 闻wénto hear; news; well-known

Example sentences

• 我听传闻说的。
  Wǒ tīng chuánwén shuō de.
  A little bird told me.
• 传闻被爆是真的。
  The rumor turned out true.
• 传闻不是正确的。
  The rumor isn't true.
• 传闻变成了事实。
  The rumors became reality.
• 看来传闻是真的了。
  Kànlai chuánwén shì zhēn de le.
  I think the rumor is true.
• 这个传闻后来被证明是真的了。
  Zhège chuánwén hòulái bèi zhèngmíng shì zhēn de le.
  The rumor turned out to be true.

Words starting with 传闻

• 传闻证据chuán wén zhèng jùhearsay (law)

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