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
source of an infection
infectious disease; contagious disease; pestilence
epidemiology
to promulgate; to circulate (a protest or call to arms)
to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism)
to spread; to circulate; to hand down
heat transfer; heat transmission
heat transmission (physics); theory of heat
to pass on the light of Buddha
pass (in soccer); to feed (ball)
biographical sketch
to order sb to start on a journey
fax; facsimile
fax machine
fax transmission
fax number
phototelegram
vivid; lifelike
summons; subpoena; voucher
to propagate; to reproduce
pollination; to pollinate
to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to
traditional; tradition; conventional
Chinese traditional medicine
traditional parts of speech (grammar)