chuán

summon; propagate, transmit

HSK 4 #332

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

攻势 xuān chuán gōng shì marketing campaign
jiā chuán handed down in a family; family traditions
jiā zhuàn family history (as a literary genre)
家丑不可外 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家丑不可外,流言切莫轻信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
射雕英雄 shè diāo yīng xióng zhuàn Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations
层层达 céng céng chuán dá to send down the line
广 guǎng chuán to propagate
广告宣 guǎng gào xuān chuán advertising; publicity; promotion
广告宣画 guǎng gào xuān chuán huà placard; poster
广告宣车 guǎng gào xuān chuán chē mobile billboard
zhēng zhuàn narrative of long journey; campaign record
播 xìng chuán bō sexually transmitted
恶事千里 è shì chuán qiān lǐ evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
jū chuán subpoena; to summon (for questioning)
击鼓花 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 – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
数据输 shù jù chuán shū data transmission
文化统 wén huà chuán tǒng cultural tradition
旋转行李送带 xuán zhuǎn xíng li chuán sòng dài luggage conveyor belt; carousel
yì zhuàn Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
春秋三 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]
春秋左氏 chūn qiū zuǒ shì zhuàn Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
李娃 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
柳毅 liǔ yì zhuàn story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties
档案输协定 dàng àn chuán shū xié dìng File Transfer Protocol (FTP)