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

可以意會,不可言 kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
shǐ zhuàn historical biography
小說 shǐ zhuàn xiǎo shuō historical novel
耳麥 tóng chuán ěr mài simultaneous interpretation headset
同聲譯 tóng shēng chuán yì simultaneous interpretation
名不虛 míng bù xū chuán lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation; enjoys a well-deserved reputation
名不見經 míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn (lit.) name not encountered in the classics; unknown (person); nobody
瑛 zhōu chuán yīng Zhou Chuanying (1912-1988), Kunqu 昆曲 opera actor
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)
國際文通訊社 guó jì wén chuán tōng xùn shè Interfax News Agency
國際文電訊社 guó jì wén chuán diàn xùn shè Interfax, Russian non-governmental news agency
坊間言 fāng jiān chuán yán rumors; the word on the street
wài chuán to tell others (a secret); to divulge to an outsider; to be rumored
wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)
大眾播 dà zhòng chuán bō mass communication
shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
好事不出門,惡事千里 hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles; a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
dí chuán handed down in a direct line from the founder
芳 sūn chuán fāng Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935
xuān chuán to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; CL:個|个[ge4]
冊 xuān chuán cè commercial brochure; advertising pamphlet; flyer
攻勢 xuān chuán gōng shì marketing campaign
畫 xuān chuán huà propaganda poster; advertising hoarding
部 xuān chuán bù Propaganda Department
jiā chuán handed down in a family; family traditions