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
传记
zhuànjì
biography; life story
Characters in this word
记 jì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 己 self, oneself
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这部传记之所以打动读者，是因为它没有回避主人公晚年的矛盾与局限。 Zhè bù zhuànjì zhī suǒyǐ dǎdòng dúzhě, shì yīnwèi tā méiyǒu huíbì zhǔréngōng wǎnnián de máodùn yǔ júxiàn. This biography moves readers because it does not avoid the contradictions and limitations of the protagonist's later years.
- 图书馆里有许多名人的传记可供借阅。 Túshūguǎn lǐ yǒu xǔduō míngrén de zhuànjì kě gōng jièyuè. The library has many biographies of famous people available for borrowing.
- 他正在写一部关于祖母的传记，已经采访了很多亲友。 Tā zhèngzài xiě yī bù guānyú zǔmǔ de zhuànjì, yǐjīng cǎifǎng le hěn duō qīnyǒu. He is writing a biography about his grandmother and has already interviewed many relatives and friends.
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