Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
傳
chuán, zhuàn
Description
“傳”是一个常用的动词,意思是把东西、消息或知识从一个人给到另一个人。
"傳" is a common verb meaning to pass things, messages, or knowledge from one person to another.
读“zhuàn”的时候,它常常指记录一个人生活的书,比如“自传”。
When read as "zhuàn," it often refers to a book recording a person's life, such as an "autobiography."
Meanings
傳chuán
to pass or hand over to another
请把这本书传给他。
Please pass this book to him.
傳chuán
to spread; to transmit (news, disease)
这个消息传得很快。
This news spread quickly.
傳zhuàn
biography; a record of a life
我在看一本名人传。
I am reading a celebrity biography.
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Notes
- Reading
傳 is chuán as a verb (to pass/spread), zhuàn as a noun (biography).
- Note
傳 is the traditional form; simplified Chinese writes it as 传.
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