相 xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
相传
xiāngchuán
to hand down, to pass on
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 相传这座古桥是几百年前由当地工匠建成的。 Xiāngchuán zhè zuò gǔqiáo shì jǐ bǎi nián qián yóu dāngdì gōngjiàng jiànchéng de. It is said that this ancient bridge was built hundreds of years ago by local craftsmen.
- 相传很久以前，这个村子里住着一位会唱歌的老人。 Xiāngchuán hěn jiǔ yǐqián, zhège cūnzi lǐ zhù zhe yí wèi huì chànggē de lǎorén. Legend has it that long ago an old man who could sing lived in this village.
- 这种做面条的手艺是祖祖辈辈相传下来的。 Zhè zhǒng zuò miàntiáo de shǒuyì shì zǔzǔbèibèi xiāngchuán xiàlai de. This noodle-making craft has been handed down through generations.