Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.pass on; hand down; bequeath; transmit
请按名单的顺序把这份文件传下去。
Please pass on this document in the order of the name list.
请把球传给边锋。
Please pass the ball to the winger.
请阅读并传给王先生。
Read this and pass it on to Mr. Wang.
- 2
v.spread; circulate; go/get (a)round
坏事传千里。
Bad news has wings.
谣言一传十，十传百。
The rumours multiplied.
这件事不能传出去。
The matter must be hushed up.
- 3
v.infect; be contagious
他被传上了霍乱。
He is infected with cholera.
这病传人。
This disease is contagious among humans.
小心别让你孩子传上流感。
Mind that your children don't catch the flu.
- 4
v.pass on (knowledge, skill, etc.); impart; teach
我把手艺传给徒弟。
I pass along my skills to my apprentice
老中医把自己的医术传给年轻一代。
The old man passed on his knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine to the younger generation.
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.
- 5
v.summon; demand the presence of somebody
请传证人上庭作证。
Please call the witness to testify in court.
法院传你去庭上。
The court called you to testify.
把他传来。
Call him in.
- 6
v.convey; express
眉目传情
flash amorous glances
- 7
v.transmit; conduct; transfer
传热
transmit heat
金属传电。
Metals conduct electricity.
光比声音传得快。
Light travels faster than sound.
Words and phrases with 传
- 传染性[word]infectivity
- 传出[word]come out
- 传呼[word]pass on a message left by phone; page
- 传奇[word]short stories of the Tang and Song dynasties; poetic dramas of the Ming and Qing dynasties
- 传播者[word]propagator
- 传遍[word]spread throughout
- 传动[word]transmission
- 传闻[word]it is said; hearsay
- 传道[word]preach; propagate Confucianist doctrines
- 传为笑谈[idiom]be standing jokes
- 传杯弄盏[idiom]pass round the cups
- 传宗接代[idiom]produce a male heir to carry on the family line
- 传经送宝[idiom]introduce and impart one's experience
- 传为笑柄[idiom]It is all the more a laughing stock.
- 传为佳话[idiom]become a favourite topic
- 传闻失实[idiom]What is reported doesn’t square up with the facts.
- 传为美谈[idiom]pass from mouth to mouth with approbation
- 传杯换盏[idiom]drink toast after toast to each other
Word usage
- NoteWhen "传" is pronounced as "chuán", "传" means action; when "传" is pronounced as "zhuàn", it means "works", it can't be used alone, but only to form words.