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传
Trad. 傳
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 人
Strokes 2
Composition
Strokes 6
Structure
Decomp. 亻专
Prononciation
Mandarin chuán; zhuàn
Entry Methods
Pinyin chuan2; zhuan4
Kanji /
Cangjie
 OQNI
人手弓戈
Wubi WFNY
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+4F20
GB2312 B4AB
Results for 传
传 chuán to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
传 zhuàn biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station
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传真 chuán zhēn to fax / a fax / (literary) to portray vividly in painting
传统 chuán tǒng tradition / traditional / convention / conventional / CL:個|个[ge4]
传奇 chuán qí legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
传播 chuán bō to disseminate / to propagate / to spread
传说 chuán shuō legend / folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth / they say that...
传来 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
传输 chuán shū to transmit / transmission
传递 chuán dì to transmit / to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive
传送 chuán sòng to convey / to deliver / to transmit
传媒 chuán méi media
传出 chuán chū to transmit outwards / to disseminate / efferent (nerve)
传世 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom
传达 chuán dá to pass on / to convey / to relay / to transmit / transmission
传闻 chuán wén rumor
传授 chuán shòu to impart / to pass on / to teach
传言 chuán yán rumor / hearsay
传给 chuán gěi to pass on to / to transfer to / to hand on to / (in football etc) to pass to
传给 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation)
传染 chuán rǎn to infect / contagious
传承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance
传动 chuán dòng drive (transmission in an engine)
传入 chuán rù to import / transmitted inwards / afferent
传人 chuán rén to teach / to impart / a disciple / descendant
传销 chuán xiāo multi-level marketing
传球 chuán qiú (sports) to pass the ball
传记 zhuàn jì biography / CL:篇[pian1],部[bu4]
传情 chuán qíng to pass on amorous feelings / to send one's love to sb
传遍 chuán biàn to spread widely
传导 chuán dǎo to conduct (heat, electricity etc)
传神 chuán shén vivid / lifelike
传回 chuán huí to send back
传单 chuán dān leaflet / flier / pamphlet
传开 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around
传令 chuán lìng to transmit an order
传讯 chuán xùn to summon (a witness) / to subpoena
传唱 chuán chàng to pass on a song
传道 chuán dào to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon
传呼 chuán hū to notify sb of a call / to call sb to the phone
传感 chuán gǎn sensing (electronics) / telepathy
传教 chuán jiào to preach / missionary / to evangelize
传唤 chuán huàn a summons (to the police) / subpoena
传话 chuán huà to pass on a story / to communicate a message
传热 chuán rè to transmit heat
传票 chuán piào summons / subpoena / voucher
传诵 chuán sòng widely known / on everyone's lips
传颂 chuán sòng to eulogize / to pass on praise
传扬 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth)
传阅 chuán yuè to read and pass on / to pass on for perusal
传家 chuán jiā to pass on through the generations
传经 chuán jīng to pass on scripture / to teach Confucian doctrine / to pass on one's experience
传略 zhuàn lu:è biographical sketch
传艺 chuán yì to impart skills / to pass on one's art
传布 chuán bù to spread / to propagate / to disseminate
传抄 chuán chāo to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying
传报 chuán bào notification / memorial
传本 chuán běn edition (of a book) currently in circulation
传参 chuán cān to pass an argument (computing) (abbr. for 傳遞參數|传递参数[chuan2 di4 can1 shu4])
传产 chuán chǎn traditional industry (abbr. for 傳統產業|传统产业[chuan2tong3 chan3ye4])
传代 chuán dài to pass to the next generation
传灯 chuán dēng to pass on the light of Buddha
传法 chuán fǎ to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism)
传发 chuán fā to order sb to start on a journey
传粉 chuán fěn pollination / to pollinate
传告 chuán gào to pass on (a message) / to relay (the information)
传观 chuán guān to pass sth around (for others to look at)
传寄 chuán jì to send (message to sb) / to communicate / to forward (message)
传见 chuán jiàn to summon for an interview
传讲 chuán jiǎng to preach
传戒 chuán jiè (Buddhism) to initiate sb for monkhood or nunhood
传流 chuán liú to spread / to hand down / to circulate
传名 chuán míng to spread one's reputation
传声 chuán shēng to transmit sound
传述 chuán shù to relay / to retell
传檄 chuán xí to circulate (a protest or call to arms) / to promulgate
传习 chuán xí teaching and learning / to study and impart
传写 chuán xiě to copy / to pass on a copy
传谣 chuán yáo to spread rumors
传译 chuán yì to translate / to interpret
传语 chuán yǔ to pass on (information)
传载 chuán zǎi to reprint / to repost / to transmit (in writing etc)
传质 chuán zhì (chemistry) mass transfer (as observed in processes like evaporation, distillation and membrane filtration)
传旨 chuán zhǐ issue a decree
传种 chuán zhǒng to reproduce / to propagate
传赞 zhuàn zàn postscript to a biography
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传感器 chuán gǎn qì sensor / transducer
传染病 chuán rǎn bìng infectious disease / contagious disease / communicable disease
传送带 chuán sòng dài conveyor belt / transmission belt
传真机 chuán zhēn jī fax machine
传染性 chuán rǎn xìng infectious / contagious / infectiousness / transmissibility
传教士 chuán jiào shì missionary
传输率 chuán shū lu:4 transmission rate
传输线 chuán shū xiàn transmission line
传家宝 chuán jiā bǎo family heirloom
传染源 chuán rǎn yuán source of an infection
传令兵 chuán lìng bīng (military) messenger / orderly
传呼机 chuán hū jī pager / beeper
传达室 chuán dá shì reception office / janitor's office
传动轴 chuán dòng zhóu drive shaft
传动带 chuán dòng dài transmission belt
传声器 chuán shēng qì microphone
传声筒 chuán shēng tǒng loudhailer / megaphone / one who parrots sb / mouthpiece
传动比 chuán dòng bǐ transmission ratio / gear ratio
传帮带 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation)
传热学 zhuàn rè xué theory of heat / heat transmission (physics)
传递点  pass points
传压板  pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head
传播司  Division of Communication
传爆药  ammunition booster / booster
传单弹  propaganda bomb / leaflet bomb
传单广 chuán dān guǎng advertising leaflet / circular
传道部 chuán dào bù mission
传道书 Chuán dào Shū Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons)
传道者 chuán dào zhě missionary / preacher
传达员 chuán dá yuán usher / receptionist
传递者 chuán dì zhě messenger / transmitter (of information)
传动器 chuán dòng qì drive (engine)
传话人 chuán huà rén messenger / communicator / relay
传教团 chuán jiào tuán a mission (group of missionaries)
传输层 chuán shū céng transport layer
传书鸽 chuán shū gē carrier pigeon (used for mail)
传心术 chuán xīn shù telepathy
传记性 zhuàn jì xìng bibliographic
传真号码 chuán zhēn hào mǎ fax number
传奇人物 chuán qí rén wù legendary person / legend (i.e. person)
传动系统 chuán dòng xì tǒng transmission system / power drive
传统医学 chuán tǒng yī xué traditional medicine
传播速度  velocity of propagation
传道受业 chuán dào shòu yè to teach (idiom) / lit. to give moral and practical instruction
传呼电话 chuán hū diàn huà neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call
传宗接代 chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line
传送技术  delivery techniques
传呼装备  paging equipment / pager
传统犯罪  conventional criminality / common criminality
传统知识  traditional knowledge
传统语言  traditional language
传染性的  transmissible
传送推车  patient transfer trolley / transport trolley
传统居民  traditional peoples
传输系数  transmission coefficient
传输时间  transmission time
传染病例  infectious case
传染病司  Division of Communicable Diseases
传爆装药  booster charge / booster
传感设备  sensing equipment
传统治疗  established treatment / conventional treatment / control treatment / comparison treatment / standard treatment / gold standard
传播四方 chuán bō sì fāng to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
传出神经 chuán chū shén jīng efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) / efferent neuron / motor nerve
传动机构 chuán dòng jī gòu transmission mechanism
传动装置 chuán dòng zhuāng zhì (automobile) transmission
传染病学 chuán rǎn bìng xué epidemiology
Approximate Results for 传
宣传 xuān chuán to disseminate / to give publicity to / propaganda / CL:個|个[ge4]
上传 shàng chuán to upload
流传 liú chuán to spread / to circulate / to hand down
遗传 yí chuán heredity / to inherit (a trait) / to pass on (to one's offspring)
外传 wài chuán to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored
外传 wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)
相传 xiāng chuán to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend
自传 zì zhuàn autobiography
前传 qián chuán forward pass (sport)
前传 qián zhuàn prequel
正传 zhèng zhuàn main subject of long novel / true biography
据传 jù chuán it is rumored that ... / it is reported that ...
祖传 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation
失传 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct
列传 liè zhuàn historical biography
经传 jīng zhuàn classic work (esp. Confucian classics)
家传 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions
盛传 shèng chuán widely spread / widely rumored / stories abound / (sb's exploits are) widely circulated
不传 bù chuán not passed on
谣传 yáo chuán rumor
真传 zhēn chuán authentic tradition / handed-down teachings or techniques
左传 Zuǒ Zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
后传 hòu zhuàn sequel
电传 diàn chuán to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc) / a message transmitted using electronic means / telex / teleprinter
秘传 mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc
言传 yán chuán to convey in words
小传 xiǎo zhuàn sketch biography / profile
风传 fēng chuán it is rumored that
嫡传 dí chuán handed down in a direct line from the founder
留传 liú chuán to bequeath (to later generations) / a legacy
别传 bié zhuàn supplementary biography
易传 Yì Zhuàn Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
短传 duǎn chuán short pass (in ball game)
立传 lì zhuàn to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image
拘传 jū chuán subpoena / to summon (for questioning)
单传 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
讹传 é chuán unfounded rumor / to pass on a mistaken belief to others
疯传 fēng chuán to spread like wildfire / to go viral
广传 guǎng chuán to propagate
家传 jiā zhuàn family history (as a literary genre)
记传 jì zhuàn history and biography
口传 kǒu chuán to convey orally / to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc)
内传 nèi zhuàn biography recounting apocryphal anecdotes and rumors / (old) book of exegesis of a classic
史传 shǐ zhuàn historical biography
同传 tóng chuán simultaneous interpretation (abbr. for 同聲傳譯|同声传译[tong2 sheng1 chuan2 yi4])
网传 wǎng chuán (of video clips, rumors etc) to circulate on the Internet
薪传 xīn chuán (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪盡火傳|薪尽火传[xin1 jin4 huo3 chuan2]
驿传 yì chuán relay post-horse mail service (in former times)
征传 zhēng zhuàn narrative of long journey / campaign record
质传 zhì chuán see 傳質|传质[chuan2 zhi4]
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宣传部 Xuān chuán bù Propaganda Department
宣传片 xuān chuán piàn infomercial
宣传画 xuān chuán huà propaganda poster / advertising hoarding
遗传学 yí chuán xué genetics
白蛇传 Bái Shé Zhuàn Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake
遗传性 yí chuán xìng hereditary / inherited / genetic
宣传册 xuān chuán cè commercial brochure / advertising pamphlet / flyer
宣传员 xuān chuán yuán communicator
性传播 xìng chuán bō sexually transmitted
热传导 rè chuán dǎo heat transfer / thermal conduction
宣传科  Advocacy Section
孙传芳 Sūn Chuán fāng Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935
纪传体 jì zhuàn tǐ history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian
遗传型  genotype
宣传处  Advocacy Facility
流传输  streaming
宣传股  Public Advocacy Unit
创龙传 chuàng lóng chuán Sohryuden:
公羊传 Gōng yáng Zhuàn Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written by multiple authors during Han dynasty, same as 公羊春秋[Gong1 yang2 Chun1 qiu1]
谷梁传 Gǔ liáng Zhuàn Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], first published during the Han Dynasty
力传递 lì chuán dì mechanical transmission
柳毅传 Liǔ Yì zhuàn story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties
李娃传 Lǐ Wá Zhuàn Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
人传人 rén chuán rén transmitted person-to-person
水浒传 Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
遗传率 yí chuán lu:4 heritability
周传瑛 Zhōu Chuán yīng Zhou Chuanying (1912-1988), Kunqu 崑曲|昆曲[Kun1 qu3] opera actor
阿Q正传 A1 Q Zhèng zhuàn The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
数据传输 shù jù chuán shū data transmission
广告宣传 guǎng gào xuān chuán advertising / publicity / promotion
宣传工作  hearts and minds campaign
藏传佛教 Zàng chuán Fó jiào Tibetan Buddhism
民间传说 mín jiān chuán shuō popular tradition / folk legend
代代相传 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down
同声传译 tóng shēng chuán yì simultaneous interpretation
言传身教 yán chuán shēn jiào to teach by words and example (idiom)
以讹传讹 yǐ é chuán é to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
遗传工程 yí chuán gōng chéng genetic engineering
树碑立传 shù bēi lì zhuàn lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) / to monumentalize / to glorify / to sing the praises of
不见经传 bù jiàn jīng zhuàn not found in the classics (idiom) / unknown / unfounded / not authoritative
捷报频传 jié bào pín chuán victory reports pour in (idiom) / news of success in an endless stream
眉目传情 méi mù chuán qíng to make sheep eyes at / to cast amorous glances at
名不虚传 míng bù xū chuán (idiom) to live up to one's famous name / its reputation is well deserved
谬种流传 miù zhǒng liú chuán to pass on errors or lies (idiom) / the propagation of misconceptions
言归正传 yán guī zhèng zhuàn to return to the topic (idiom) / to get back to the main point
误差传播  propagation of errors / error propagation
宣传运动  sensitization campaign
遗传瓶颈  population bottleneck / genetic bottleneck
方桉宣传  programme communication
方桉传播  programme communication
辐射传输  radiative transfer
多路传输  multiplexing
遗传损害  genetic damage
遗传退化  genetic erosion
宣传小组  Communications Group
宫内传播  in utero transmission
水平传播  horizontal transmission
可传染的  transmissible
水传疾病  waterborne disease
流式传输  streaming
电传工作  telecommuting / telework
亲子传播  parent-to-child transmission
风传送的  windborne
密码传真  cryptofax / cifax
非传染病  non-communicable disease
磁传感器  flux unit
职业传染  occupational transmission
气象传真  weather facsimile
人际传播  person-to-person transmission
垂直传播  vertical transmission / perinatal transmission
母婴传播  vertical transmission / perinatal transmission
宣传基金  Public Information Fund
学生传单  Student Leaflet
法律传统  legal tradition
阿甘正传 A1 gān Zhèng zhuàn Forrest Gump
阿Ｑ正传 A1 Q zhèng zhuàn The true story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
变速传动 biàn sù chuán dòng to change gear
层层传达 céng céng chuán dá to send down the line
齿轮传动 chǐ lún chuán dòng gear drive
春秋三传 Chūn qiū Sān Zhuàn Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4] and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
大众传播 dà zhòng chuán bō mass communication
都会传奇 dū huì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇
都市传奇 dū shì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇
反传算法 fǎn chuán suàn fǎ back propagation algorithm
坊间传言 fāng jiān chuán yán rumors / the word on the street
反共宣传 fǎn gòng xuān chuán anticommunist propaganda (as a crime)
飞沫传染 fēi mò chuán rǎn droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc)
光遗传学 guāng yí chuán xué optogenetics
击鼓传花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten &ndash / when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán widely praised (idiom) / with an extensive public reputation
力学传递 lì xué chuán dì mechanical transmission
龙的传人 lóng de chuán rén Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese)
眉眼传情 méi yǎn chuán qíng to give the eye to / to make eyes at
魔宫传奇 Mó gōng Chuán qí The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco
皮带传动 pí dài chuán dòng a leather drive belt
清史列传 Qīng shǐ Liè zhuàn Biographic History of Qing Dynasty by a succession of authors, published 1928 and revised 1987, with biographies of 2,900 notable Qing commoner citizens, 80 scrolls
圣经外传 Shèng jīng Wài zhuàn Apocrypha / biography external to the classics
圣经贤传 shèng jīng xián zhuàn lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom) / refers to Confucian canonical texts
生物传递 shēng wù chuán dì biological
世代相传 shì dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down
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