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自传

zì zhuàn

2-character word Traditional 自傳

What 自传 means

1. autobiography

The characters in 自传

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit

Example sentences

• 他晚年致力于写自传。
  Tā wǎnnián zhìlì yú xiě zìzhuàn.
  He devoted the last years of his life to writing his autobiography.
• 如果地球停止自传，你认为会发生什么？
  Rúguǒ dìqiú tíngzhǐ zìzhuàn, nǐ rènwéi huì fāshēng shénme?
  What do you think would happen if the earth stopped spinning?
• 如果地球停止自传，你认为会发生什幺？
  Were the earth to stop revolving, what do you suppose would happen?

Sounds the same

Read zì zhuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 自转(of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis