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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 传 [chuán]
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- 1. verb pass; pass on
- 2. verb hand down
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3.
verb
pass on (knowledge, skill, etc.); impart; teach
- 老师傅把他的技术全传给徒弟了。
- The old master passed all his skills on to his apprentices.
- 老人家把所有的手艺都传给了孙子。
- 4. verb spread
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5.
verb
transmit; conduct
- 传热
- transmit heat
- 铜传电。
- Copper conducts electricity.
- 金属传热很快。
- 木头不传电。
- 6. verb convey; express
- 7. verb summon
- 8. verb infect; be contagious
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 传 [chuán]
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1.
动
一方交给另一方;上代交给下代
- 光荣传统代代传
- 传递
- 遗传
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2.
动
把知识、技能等教给别人
- 把武艺传给徒弟
- 传道授业
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3.
动
广泛散布;宣扬
- 这件事不能传出去
- 传颂
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4.
动
命令别人来
- 传犯人
- 传唤
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5.
动
表达;流露
- 眉目传情
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6.
动
热或电在导体中流通
- 传电
- 传导
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1.
动
一方交给另一方;上代交给下代
Examples
- 这消息传得这样快，简直是不翼而飞。
- The news has spread fast, as if on wings. → 不翼而飞
- “谁呀?”一个苍老的声音从室内传出来。
- "Who is it?" An old man's voice was heard from the room. → 苍老
- 这种药方没能传下来。
- That herbal prescription has been lost to posterity. → 传
- 这个秘密是他传出去的。
- He's the one who let out the secret. → 传
- 传将令
- issue the commanding general's order; pass on the commanding general's order → 将令
- 队长差他去传了个信儿。 → 差
- 这种消息迟早会被胡同里那些女人七嘴八舌地传出去的。 → 七嘴八舌
- 做同声传译员薪金很高，也很辛苦。 → 同声传译
- 他们经常在上课的时候传小纸条。 → 小
- 这件事情如果传出去的话，我们就成了别人的笑柄。 → 笑柄
Character Decomposition
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亻
[rén] |
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专
[zhuān] |
Stroke Order
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Total Strokes: 6 |
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