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传

chuán · chuan/zhuàn · zhuan

Traditional 傳

HSK 3

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

chuán 傳

  1. to pass on
  2. to spread
  3. to transmit
  4. to infect
  5. to transfer
  6. to circulate
  7. to conduct (electricity)

zhuàn 傳

  1. biography
  2. historical narrative
  3. commentaries
  4. relay station

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)味(wèi)道(dào)可(kě)能(néng)是(shì)微(wēi)波(bō)炉(lú)传(chuán)出(chū)来(lái)的(de)!

This smell might come from the oven!

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

萨(sà)米(mǐ)给(gěi)莱(lái)拉(lā)传(chuán)了(le)一(yí)个(gè)鲜(xiān)花(huā)表(biǎo)情(qíng)符(fú)号(hào)。

Sami sent Layla a flower emoji.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by OsoHombre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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