chuán

to pass on; to spread; to transmit

HSK 4 #332

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 332nd character
Radical ⼈ (9.4)
Strokes 6
Index # 455
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

传 chuán
  1. 1. to pass on
  2. 2. to spread
  3. 3. to transmit
  4. 4. to circulate
  5. 5. to infect
  6. 6. to transfer
  7. 7. to conduct (electricity)
传 zhuàn
  1. 1. biography
  2. 2. historical narrative
  3. 3. commentaries
  4. 4. relay station

Stroke order

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Words containing 传

Word Meaning
transmission mechanism
gear ratio; transmission ratio
transmission system; power drive
transmission (i.e. gears)
to pass an argument (computing)
to spread one's reputation
to inform; to convey (a message)
community phone for passing on calls
advertising leaflet; circular
notification; memorial
legendary person; legend (i.e. person)
to pass on through the generations
to forward (message); to send (message to sb)
to copy; to pass on a copy
to pass on experience (to the next generation)
telepathy
sensing (electronics); telepathy
(Buddhism) to initiate sb for monkhood or nunhood
(of a text) to be transmitted by copying
to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
a mission (group of missionaries)
issue a decree
carrier pigeon (used for mail)
edition (of a book) currently in circulation
epidemiology