传 (chuán / zhuàn) means Passes on (spread), Biography. Below are 24 of the 67 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
孝顺是一种 传 统。
Xiàoshùn shì yì zhǒng chuántǒng.
Filial devotion is a tradition.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 孝顺
这种 传 统很悠久。
Zhè zhǒng chuántǒng hěn yōujiǔ.
This tradition goes back a long way.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 悠久
请把合同 传 真给我。
Qǐng bǎ hétong chuánzhēn gěi wǒ.
Please fax the contract to me.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 传真
这个 传 说很有意思。
Zhège chuánshuō hěn yǒu yìsi.
This legend is very interesting.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 传说
中国的 传 说里有龙。
Zhōngguó de chuánshuō lǐ yǒu lóng.
There are dragons in Chinese legends.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 龙
他们在宣 传 新产品。
Tāmen zài xuānchuán xīn chǎnpǐn.
They are publicising the new product.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宣传
路口有人在发 传 单。
Lùkǒu yǒu rén zài fā chuándān.
Someone was handing out leaflets at the intersection.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 传单
这门手艺世代相 传 。
Zhè mén shǒuyì shìdài xiāngchuán.
This craft has been handed down for generations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 世代
这种病和遗 传 有关。
Zhè zhǒng bìng hé yíchuán yǒuguān.
This illness is related to heredity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗传
远处隐约 传 来歌声。
Yuǎnchù yǐnyuē chuánlái gēshēng.
Singing came faintly from far away.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐约
这本 传 记非常好看。
Zhè běn zhuànjì fēicháng hǎokàn.
This biography is a very good read.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 传记
这是一个民族的 传 统。
Zhè shì yí ge mínzú de chuántǒng.
This is the tradition of an ethnic group.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 民族
这种病毒 传 播得很快。
Zhè zhǒng bìngdú chuánbō de hěn kuài.
This virus spreads very quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 病毒
远处 传 来老虎的吼声。
Yuǎnchù chuánlái lǎohǔ de hǒushēng.
The roar of a tiger came from far off.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吼
这些技艺要 传 给后代。
Zhèxiē jìyì yào chuán gěi hòudài.
These skills must be passed on to later generations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 后代
真相往往比 传 言复杂。
Zhēnxiàng wǎngwǎng bǐ chuányán fùzá.
The truth is usually more complicated than rumour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 真相
网络让消息 传 播得更快。
Wǎngluò ràng xiāoxi chuánbō de gèng kuài.
The internet makes news spread faster.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 传播
他的笑声 传 染了所有人。
Tā de xiào shēng chuánrǎn le suǒyǒu rén.
His laughter was contagious to everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 传染
传 说这座山里住着神仙。
Chuánshuō zhè zuò shān lǐ zhù zhe shénxiān.
Legend says immortals live in this mountain.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 传说
春节是中国的 传 统节日。
Chūnjié shì Zhōngguó de chuántǒng jiérì.
Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 传统
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传 appears in 67 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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Questions about 传
How is 传 used in a sentence?
This page shows 67 sentences using 传 (chuán / zhuàn, "Passes on (spread), Biography"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 传 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 传 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 传 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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