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
传言
chuányán
rumour; hearsay; it is rumoured
Characters in this word
言 yán
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 言 — words, speech
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 网络上传言某款疫苗存在严重副作用，监管部门随后公布了调查结果。 Wǎngluò shang chuányán mǒu kuǎn yìmiáo cúnzài yánzhòng fùzuòyòng, jiānguǎn bùmén suíhòu gōngbù le diàochá jiéguǒ. It was rumoured online that a certain vaccine had serious side effects; regulators later released the investigation results.
- 外面传言明天会下大雪，学校可能停课。 Wàimiàn chuányán míngtiān huì xià dàxuě, xuéxiào kěnéng tíngkè. There is talk that it will snow heavily tomorrow and school may be cancelled.
- 这只是传言，没有人能证明是真的。 Zhè zhǐshì chuányán, méiyǒu rén néng zhèngmíng shì zhēn de. This is only hearsay; no one can prove it is true.
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