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Meaning of 传

Pinyin chuán、 zhuàn

Radical

亻

Strokes

Definition

to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to pass on / to conduct (electricity), biography

Usage

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传 chuán 1. To transfer; to deliver. - e.g., 传递 (to pass on), 传输 (to transmit), 传戒 (to pass down the teachings), 传统 (to hand down tradition), 言传身教 (to teach by words and deeds). 2. To impart; to teach. - e.g., 传度 (to impart teachings), 传派 (to teach a school of thought), 传旨 (to convey the intentions), 传书 (to impart knowledge through books). 3. To abdicate; to pass down the position. - e.g., 传位 (to pass on the throne), 传政 (to transfer political power). 4. To hand down; to leave a legacy. - e.g., 传世 (to be passed down to future generations), 传灯 (to transmit the teachings of Buddhism), 传祚 (to pass down the imperial rule), 家传秘方 (family secret recipe). 5. To express; to convey clearly. - e.g., 传真 (to create a vivid portrayal). 6. To summon; to call over; to command someone to come. - e.g., 传嘴 (to carry messages), 传会 (to summon for a meeting), 传答 (to convey a response), 传证人 (to summon a witness). 7. See also 传 (zhuàn). --- 传 zhuàn 1. A post-chaise or stagecoach used in ancient times. 2. A post station; a relay station. 3. A letter; a written message. 4. Biography; a written account of someone's life. 5. A literary work centered on narrating historical tales or stories of characters. 6. Commentaries or annotations on classics; texts explaining the meanings of classical works. --- 传 zhuàn (verb) 1. To write a biography; to document someone's life. - e.g., 唐· 韩愈《送杨少尹序》: 汉史既传其事，而后世工画者又图其迹 (The history of the Han dynasty has documented its events, and later artists also depicted them). 2. See also 传 (chuán).

传呼 chuán hū

to notify sb of a call / to call sb to the phone

哄传 hōng chuán

(of rumours) circulate widely

传唤 chuán huàn

a summons (to the police) / subpoena

传媒业 chuán méi yè

media industry

嫡传 dí chuán

handed down in a direct line from the founder

宣传部长 xuān chuán bù zhǎng

Propaganda Minister

宣传队 xuān chuán duì

propaganda team

传递函数 chuán dì hán shù

transfer function

传感器 chuán gǎn qì

sensor / transducer

传承 chuán chéng

to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance

传抄 chuán chāo

to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying

拘传 jū chuán

subpoena / to summon (for questioning)

据传 jù chuán

it is rumored that ... / it is reported that ...

传播者 chuán bō zhě

transmitter / disseminator / spreader

传染 chuán rǎn

to infect / contagious

传染性 chuán rǎn xìng

infectious / epidemic

传令 chuán lìng

to transmit an order

宣传 xuān chuán

to disseminate / to give publicity to / propaganda / CL:個|个[ge4]

传播 chuán bō

to disseminate / to propagate / to spread

传来 chuán lái

(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive

传说 chuán shuō

legend / folklore / to repeat from mouth to mouth / they say that...

流传 liú chuán

to spread / to circulate / to hand down

传递 chuán dì

to transmit / to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive

传入 chuán rù

to import / transmitted inwards / afferent

遗传 yí chuán

heredity / to inherit (a trait) / to pass on (to one's offspring)

传媒 chuán méi

media

传出 chuán chū

to transmit outwards / to disseminate / efferent (nerve)

传奇 chuán qí

legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty

传授 chuán shòu

to impart / to pass on / to teach

传到 chuán dào

summons / reach to

相传 xiāng chuán

to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend

传输 chuán shū

to transmit / transmission

传达 chuán dá

to pass on / to convey / to relay / to transmit / transmission

传染病 chuán rǎn bìng

infectious disease / contagious disease / pestilence

传送 chuán sòng

to convey / to deliver

传球 chuán qiú

pass (in soccer) / to feed (ball)

传真 chuán zhēn

fax / facsimile

秘传 mì chuán

secretly transmitted / esoteric lore

传给 chuán gěi

to pass on to / to transfer to / to hand on to / to pass to (in football etc)

大肆宣传 dà sì xuān chuán

a whoop and a holler

传统 chuán tǒng

tradition / traditional / convention / conventional / CL:個|个[ge4]

传世 chuán shì

handed down from ancient times / family heirloom

名不虚传 míng bù xū chuán

lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation / enjoys a well-deserved reputation

传言 chuán yán

rumor / hearsay

传讯 chuán xùn

to summon (a witness) / to subpoena

传记 zhuàn jì

biography / CL:篇[pian1],部[bu4]

以讹传讹 yǐ é chuán é

to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)

讹传 é chuán

unfounded rumor / to pass on a mistaken belief to others

传译 chuán yì

to translate / to interpret

传诵 chuán sòng

widely known / on everyone's lips

谣传 yáo chuán

rumor

参数传递 cān shù chuán dì

parameter passing

传遍 chuán biàn

to spread widely

遗传学 yí chuán xué

genetics

遗传物质 yí chuán wù zhì

genetic material

传销 chuán xiāo

multi-level marketing

传闻 chuán wén

rumor

传阅 chuán yuè

to read and pass on / to pass on for perusal

传颂 chuán sòng

to eulogize / to pass on praise

驿传 yì chuán

relay post-horse mail service (in former times)