传 chuán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 专 concentrated, specialized
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
传授
chuánshòu
to impart, to teach
Characters in this word
授 shòu
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 受 to receive, to get, to accept
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 老师并不急于传授技巧，而是先培养学生独立思考的习惯。 Lǎoshī bìng bù jí yú chuánshòu jìqiǎo, ér shì xiān péiyǎng xuésheng dúlì sīkǎo de xíguàn. The teacher is not eager to teach techniques, but first cultivates the students' habit of independent thinking.
- 老师傅毫无保留地把几十年的经验传授给徒弟。 Lǎo shīfu háowú bǎoliú de bǎ jǐ shí nián de jīngyàn chuánshòu gěi túdì. The old master passed his decades of experience to his apprentice without holding anything back.
- 爸爸耐心地向我传授游泳的诀窍。 Bàba nàixīn de xiàng wǒ chuánshòu yóuyǒng de juéqiào. Dad patiently taught me the tricks of swimming.
Related words
- 传 chuán to pass on; to spread
- 传播 chuánbō to spread; to transmit
- 传来 chuánlái to come through; to be heard
- 传说 chuánshuō legend
- 宣传 xuānchuán to promote; to publicize
- 传统 chuántǒng tradition; traditional
- 流传 liúchuán to spread; to pass down
- 遗传 yíchuán heredity; to be inherited
- 传达 chuándá to pass on a message
- 传递 chuándì to pass; to transmit
- 传真 chuánzhēn fax
- 传承 chuánchéng to inherit and carry forward