chuán

summon; propagate, transmit

DEFINITIONS

傳 chuán
  • to pass on
  • to spread
  • to transmit
  • to infect
  • to transfer
  • to circulate
  • to conduct (electricity)
傳 zhuàn
  • biography
  • historical narrative
  • commentaries
  • relay station

WORDS

柳毅 liǔ yì zhuàn story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties
樹碑立 shù bēi lì zhuàn lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom); to monumentalize; to glorify; to sing the praises of
檔案輸協定 dàng àn chuán shū xié dìng File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
zhèng zhuàn main subject of long novel; true biography
民間說 mín jiān chuán shuō popular tradition; folk legend
水滸 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
水滸全 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
水滸後 shuǐ hǔ hòu zhuàn Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱[Chen2 Chen2]
liú chuán to spread; to circulate; to hand down
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
液壓動 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
導 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
異步輸模式 yì bù chuán shū mó shì asynchronous transfer mode; ATM
白蛇 bái shé zhuàn Tale of the White Snake; Madame White Snake
皮帶動 pí dài chuán dòng a leather drive belt
shèng chuán widely spread; widely rumored; stories abound; (sb's exploits are) widely circulated
xiāng chuán to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend
眉目情 méi mù chuán qíng to make sheep eyes at; to cast amorous glances at
眉眼情 méi yǎn chuán qíng to give the eye to; to make eyes at
zhēn chuán authentic tradition; handed-down teachings or techniques
duǎn chuán short pass (in ball game)
mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc