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

民间说 mín jiān chuán shuō popular tradition; folk legend
水浒 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
水浒全 shuǐ hǔ quán zhuàn Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature; also written 水滸傳|水浒传
水浒后 shuǐ hǔ hòu zhuàn Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱[Chen2 Chen2]
海上花列 hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4], long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular; translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
液压动 yè yā chuán dòng hydraulic drive; hydraulic transmission
清史列 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
导 rè chuán dǎo heat transfer; thermal conduction
生物感器 shēng wù chuán gǎn qì biosensor
liú chuán to bequeath (to later generations); a legacy
异步输模式 yì bù chuán shū mó shì asynchronous transfer mode; ATM
白蛇 bái shé zhuàn Tale of the White Snake; Madame White Snake
皮带动 pí dài chuán dòng a leather drive belt
眉眼情 méi yǎn chuán qíng to give the eye to; to make eyes at
duǎn chuán short pass (in ball game)
谷梁 gǔ liáng zhuàn Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], first published during the Han Dynasty
体 jì zhuàn tǐ history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian
纳尼亚奇 nà ní yà chuán qí The Chronicles of Narnia, children's stories by C.S. Lewis
wǎng chuán (of video clips, rumors etc) to circulate on the Internet
圣经外 shèng jīng wài zhuàn Apocrypha; biography external to the classics
圣经贤 shèng jīng xián zhuàn lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts
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]
薪火相 xīn huǒ xiāng chuán lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom); fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
薪尽火 xīn jìn huǒ chuán see 薪火相傳|薪火相传[xin1 huo3 xiang1 chuan2]
佛教 zàng chuán fó jiào Tibetan Buddhism