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

jiā zhuàn family history (as a literary genre)
家醜不可外 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家醜不可外,流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
射鵰英雄 shè diāo yīng xióng zhuàn Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations
xiǎo zhuàn sketch biography; profile
層層達 céng céng chuán dá to send down the line
zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
guǎng chuán to propagate
廣告宣 guǎng gào xuān chuán advertising; publicity; promotion
廣告宣畫 guǎng gào xuān chuán huà placard; poster
廣告宣車 guǎng gào xuān chuán chē mobile billboard
zhēng zhuàn narrative of long journey; campaign record
播 xìng chuán bō sexually transmitted
惡事千里 è shì chuán qiān lǐ evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
jū chuán subpoena; to summon (for questioning)
捷報頻 jié bào pín chuán victory reports pour in (idiom); news of success in an endless stream
擊鼓花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
jù chuán it is rumored that ...; it is reported that ...
數據輸 shù jù chuán shū data transmission
文化統 wén huà chuán tǒng cultural tradition
旋轉行李送帶 xuán zhuǎn xíng li chuán sòng dài luggage conveyor belt; carousel
yì zhuàn Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
春秋三 chūn qiū sān zhuàn Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4] and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
春秋左氏 chūn qiū zuǒ shì zhuàn Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
李娃 lǐ wá zhuàn Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot