传

chuán

HSK 33 readings

“To pass on” in Chinese is 传 (chuán).

Other characters with the syllable chuan: see all 6 →

Meaning

to pass on
to spread
to transmit

Show 8 more meanings

to infect
to transfer
to circulate
to conduct (electricity)
biography
historical narrative
commentaries
relay station

Example

电可沿导线传播。

From 传播 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

chuánto pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
zhuànbiography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Words containing 传

传播chuánbōto disseminate; to propagate; to spreadHSK 3 传来chuánlái(of a sound) to come throughHSK 3 传说chuánshuōlegend; folk taleHSK 3 宣传xuānchuánto disseminateHSK 3 传统chuántǒngtradition; traditionalHSK 4 流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand downHSK 4 遗传yíchuánheredityHSK 4 传达chuándáto pass onHSK 5

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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