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
传单
chuándān
leaflet; flyer
Characters in this word
单 dān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 丷 — horns
Example phrases
- 志愿者在地铁口派发传单，呼吁市民关注流浪动物救助。 Zhìyuànzhě zài dìtiěkǒu pàifā chuándān, hūyù shìmín guānzhù liúlàng dòngwù jiùzhù. Volunteers handed out leaflets at the metro entrance, calling on residents to pay attention to stray animal rescue.
- 新开的面包店在街上发传单，上面有优惠券。 Xīn kāi de miànbāodiàn zài jiē shang fā chuándān, shàngmiàn yǒu yōuhuìquàn. The newly opened bakery is handing out flyers on the street, with discount coupons on them.
- 他把传单折成纸飞机，扔向了天空。 Tā bǎ chuándān zhé chéng zhǐ fēijī, rēng xiàng le tiānkōng. He folded the flyer into a paper plane and threw it into the sky.
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