传[chuán]

动

1. pass; pass on

♦ 此件请按名单顺序向下~。 Please pass on this document in the order of the name list.

2. hand down

♦ 这种药方没能~下来。 That herbal prescription has been lost to posterity.

3. pass on (knowledge, skill, etc.); impart; teach

♦ 老师傅把他的技术全~给徒弟了。 The old master passed all his skills on to his apprentices.

4. spread

♦ 消息很快~开了。 The news spread quickly. or The news soon got around.

♦ 这个秘密是他~出去的。 He's the one who let out the secret.

5. transmit; conduct

♦ ~热 transmit heat

♦ 铜~电。 Copper conducts electricity.

6. convey; express

♦ 传神

♦ 传情

7. summon

♦ ~证人 summon a witness

8. infect; be contagious

♦ 小心别让你孩子~上流感。 Mind that your children don't catch the flu.

另见 zhuàn

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传[zhuàn]
名

1. commentaries on classics

♦ 《左~》 The Zuo Commentary (on The Spring and Autumn Annals)

2. biography

♦ 名人~ biographies of famous people

♦ 《贝多芬~》 The Life of Beethoven

3. story or novel (usu. used in titles)

♦ 《白蛇~》 The Story of the White Snake

♦ 《水浒~》 Water Margin or The Outlaws of the Marsh

♦ 《新儿女英雄~》 Daughters and Sons