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
传奇
chuánqí
legend; legendary tale
Characters in this word
奇 qí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这位企业家的经历被包装成商业传奇，却很少有人提及背后的风险。 Zhè wèi qǐyèjiā de jīnglì bèi bāozhuāng chéng shāngyè chuánqí, què hěn shǎo yǒu rén tíjí bèihòu de fēngxiǎn. This entrepreneur's experience has been packaged as a business legend, yet few mention the risks behind it.
- 爷爷给我们讲了一个关于老虎的传奇故事。 Yéye gěi wǒmen jiǎng le yí gè guānyú lǎohǔ de chuánqí gùshi. Grandpa told us a legendary tale about a tiger.
- 这位老歌手的一生充满传奇色彩。 Zhè wèi lǎo gēshǒu de yìshēng chōngmǎn chuánqí sècǎi. This old singer's whole life is full of legendary colour.
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