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
传闻
chuánwén
rumour; hearsay; to be rumoured
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Example phrases
- 关于公司即将裁员的传闻在内部迅速扩散，引发员工不安。 Guānyú gōngsī jíjiāng cáiyuán de chuánwén zài nèibù xùnsù kuòsàn, yǐnfā yuángōng bù'ān. Rumours that the company was about to make redundancies spread rapidly internally, causing employees unease.
- 关于那座老房子的传闻很多，其实没人真正见过什么。 Guānyú nà zuò lǎo fángzi de chuánwén hěn duō, qíshí méi rén zhēnzhèng jiànguo shénme. There are many rumours about that old house, but in fact no one has really seen anything.
- 传闻他下个月就要搬到国外去了。 Chuánwén tā xià gè yuè jiù yào bān dào guówài qù le. It is rumoured that he will move abroad next month.
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