chuán

to pass on; to spread; to transmit

Character data

Radical ⼈ (9.11)
Strokes 13
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

傳 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)
傳 zhuàn
  1. 1. biography
  2. 2. historical narrative
  3. 3. commentaries
  4. 4. relay station

Words containing 傳

Word Meaning
family heirloom
to forward (message); to send (message to sb)
to copy; to pass on a copy
to conduct (heat, electricity etc)
to spread; to disseminate; to hand down
to pass on experience (to the next generation)
telepathy
to send one's love to sb; to pass on amorous feelings
sensing (electronics); telepathy
sensor; transducer
(Buddhism) to initiate sb for monkhood or nunhood
to pass on (to future generations); a continued tradition
(of a text) to be transmitted by copying
to teach; to impart; to pass on
to spread (by word of mouth)
to spread; to disseminate; to propagate
to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
to preach; to evangelize; missionary
a mission (group of missionaries)
missionary
issue a decree
carrier pigeon (used for mail)
edition (of a book) currently in circulation
to infect; contagious
infectious; epidemic