傳
简 传 · 繁 傳Meanings · cyun4
- to pass on
- to spread
- to transmit
- to infect
- to transfer
- to circulate
- to conduct (electricity)
- to convey
- to express
- to show
- to summon
Meanings · zyun3
- to relay
Meanings · zyun6
- biography
- commentaries on classics
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 傳 chuán CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
- 傳 zhuàn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinbiography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: chuan2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 21 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cyun4 · zyun2 · zyun3 · zyun6
Cantonese word readings for 傳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- to transfer; to deliver; to transmit; to pass on
- to teach; to impart
- to pass down; to hand down
- to abdicate; to resign sovereign authority
- to express; to convey
- to summon; to call
- to spread; to circulate; to disseminate
- (physics) to conduct (electricity or heat)
- (Hokkien) to pass on to the next generation; to transmit to the offspring
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to give birth; to procreate; to have children
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) to give
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) to allow; to let; to permit
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) by
character · Etymology 2
- (historical, literature) a category of historical literary works — historical narrative; record; chronicle; historical documents
- (historical, literature) a category of historical literary works — commentary; annotation
- (historical, literature) a category of historical literary works — paracanonical work (any work that complements a canon or a canonical body of texts but not considered canonical by itself, often including the above)
- (literature) biography; life story
- (historical, literature) novel or story written in the historical style
- to write a biography
character · Etymology 3
- (historical) relay station for transmitting documents
- (historical) stagecoach; post-chaise
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