传 (傳) chuán

1. chuán verb to transmit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '傳' chuán v 3; Unihan '傳')
2. zhuàn noun a biography
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 自传 'autobiography' (Guoyu '傳' zhuàn 3)
3. chuán verb to teach
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 教授 (Guoyu '傳' chuán v 2)
4. chuán verb to summon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 叫 (Guoyu '傳' chuán v 4; Unihan '傳')
5. chuán verb to pass on to later generations
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '傳' chuán v 1; Unihan '傳')
6. chuán verb to spread; to propagate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '傳' chuán v 5; Unihan '傳')
7. chuán verb to express
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 表达 (Guoyu '傳' chuán v 6)
8. chuán verb to conduct
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: To conduct heat or electricity; for example 传热 'conduct heat' (Guoyu '傳' chuán v 7)
9. zhuàn noun a posthouse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 驿站 (Guoyu '傳' zhuàn n 1)
10. zhuàn noun a commentary
    Domain: Literature 文学
    Notes: For example, 公羊传 ”Gongyang's Commentary on Spring and Autumn Annals” (Guoyu '傳' zhuàn 4)

Contained in

• 传单广(傳單廣) advertising leaflet; circular
• 传入神经(傳入神經) afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain); afferent neuron
• 传本(傳本) edition (of a book) currently in circulation
• 层层传达(層層傳達) to send down the line
• 传球(傳球) to pass (in soccer); to feed (ball)
• 查传(查傳) to summon
• 传统中国医药(傳統中國醫藥) Chinese traditional medicine
• 以讹传讹(以訛傳訛) to spread falsehoods; to increasingly distort the truth; to pile errors on top of errors
• 非遗传多型性(非遺傳多型性) polyphenism
• 签传(簽傳) to summon
• 短传(短傳) short pass (in ball game)
• 传流(傳流) to spread; to hand down; to circulate
• 传道受业(傳道受業) to teach; to give moral and practical instruction
• 传统医药(傳統醫藥) Chinese traditional medicine
• 留传(留傳) to bequeath (to later generations); a legacy
• 传输媒质(傳輸媒質) transmission medium
• 分子遗传学(分子遺傳學) molecular genetics
• 传遍(傳遍) to spread widely
• 传告(傳告) to convey (a message); to inform
• 口耳相传(口耳相傳) to teach orally
• 超级传播者(超級傳播者) super spreader (epidemiology)
• 相传(相傳) to pass on; to hand down
• 空谷传声(空谷傳聲) sound resonates in an empty valley
• 传令(傳令) to transmit an order
• 传动器(傳動器) drive (engine)
• 传发(傳發) to order somebody to start on a journey
• 新闻传播(新聞傳播) news broadcast
• 齿轮传动(齒輪傳動) gear drive
• 传宗接代(傳宗接代) to carry on one's ancestral line
• 传输媒界(傳輸媒界) transport method
• 圣经贤传(聖經賢傳) holy scripture and biography of sage; refers to Confucian canonical texts
• 传动轴(傳動軸) drive shaft
• 叙传(敘傳) biographical preface
• 言归正传(言歸正傳) to return to the topic; to get back to the main point
• 传出神经(傳出神經) efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain); efferent neuron; motor nerve
• 传世(傳世) to hand down from ancient times
• 名不见经传(名不見經傳) name not encountered in the classics; unknown (person); nobody
• 前传(前傳) prequel

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中央宣传部 、 五大传奇 、 超文件传输协定 、 东城老父传 、 内容传递网路 、 春秋三传 、 谷梁传 、 传记文 、 最大传输单元 、 民间传说 、 三国志传 、 霍小玉传 、 毛颖传

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• 卷33　志第28 經籍二 Volume 33 Treatises 28: Bibliography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 128
• 卷五十八　　　　志第四十八　　藝文二 Volume 58 Treatises 54: The Arts 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 121
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• 卷二百〇二 志第一百五十五 藝文一 Volume 202 Treatises 155: Arts and Literature 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 83
• 卷一百下 敍傳 Volume 100b: Afterword and Family History 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 76
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Collocations

• 传曰 (傳曰) 故傳曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 18
• 传五 (傳五) 傳五年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 传四 (傳四) 傳四年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 传十一 (傳十一) 傳十一年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 传三 (傳三) 傳三年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 传十年 (傳十年) 傳十年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 传十三 (傳十三) 傳十三年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 传遗 (傳遺) 傳遺後世子孫者知之 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III — count: 7
• 传六 (傳六) 傳六年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 传七 (傳七) 傳七年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7