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

物质 yí chuán wù zhì genetic material
画 xuān chuán huà propaganda poster; advertising hoarding
zhēn chuán authentic tradition; handed-down teachings or techniques
yán chuán to convey in words
染源 chuán rǎn yuán source of an infection
扬 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth)
部 xuān chuán bù Propaganda Department
fēng chuán it is rumored that
略 zhuàn lüè biographical sketch
声筒 chuán shēng tǒng loudhailer; megaphone; one who parrots sb; mouthpiece
输线 chuán shū xiàn transmission line
眉目情 méi mù chuán qíng to make sheep eyes at; to cast amorous glances at
身教 yán chuán shēn jiào to teach by words and example (idiom)
以讹讹 yǐ é chuán é to spread falsehoods; to increasingly distort the truth; to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
种 chuán zhǒng to reproduce; to propagate
诵 chuán sòng widely known; on everyone's lips
达室 chuán dá shì reception office; janitor's office
lì zhuàn to record sb's achievements in writing; to write a biography enhancing the subject's image
布 chuán bù to spread; to hand down; to disseminate
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)
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]
mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc
工程 yí chuán gōng chéng genetic engineering
代 chuán dài to pass to the next generation
动带 chuán dòng dài transmission belt