Meaning
to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate
Chinese: 传递、传播；读 zhuàn 时指传记。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “chuan” becomes a different word in each tone. 传 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 宣传xuān chuánto disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda
- 传说chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 传播chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
- 传来chuán lái(of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
- 传统chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
Example Sentence
这个故事一直流传到今天。Zhè ge gù shi yì zhí liú chuán dào jīn tiān.This story has been passed down to this day.
这个Zhè ge(pronoun) this故事gù shiold practice一直yì zhíall along流传liú chuánto spread到dàoto reach今天jīn tiāntoday。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Simplified from 傳. Read chuán: ‘to pass on, hand down, transmit; to spread; to conduct; to summon; to infect’ (传播, 传递); read zhuàn: ‘a biography; a story, tale’ (传记, 自传).
A way to remember it
chuán = to pass on (传播); zhuàn = a biography (传记).