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
zhuàn
biography; historical account
Character
Example phrases
- 这部传并未把主人公神化，而是坦率写出他的犹豫和失败。 Zhè bù zhuàn bìng wèi bǎ zhǔréngōng shénhuà, ér shì tǎnshuài xiě chū tā de yóuyù hé shībài. This biography does not deify its protagonist, but frankly describes his hesitation and failures.
- 我最近在读一本写科学家的传。 Wǒ zuìjìn zài dú yī běn xiě kēxuéjiā de zhuàn. Recently I have been reading a biography of a scientist.
- 他花十年时间给父亲写了一部传。 Tā huā shí nián shíjiān gěi fùqīn xiě le yī bù zhuàn. He spent ten years writing a biography of his father.
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