( 指通讯方式 ) fax ⇒ 我把文件传真给他了。 Wǒ bǎ wénjiàn chuánzhēn gěi tā le. → I faxed the documents to him. ⇒ 给我发个传真吧。 Gěi wǒ fā gè chuánzhēn ba. → Please send me a fax.
传票
( 传唤凭证 ) summons singular
传统
tradition
传记
biography
传说
⇒ 传说几百年前,这儿是一片海。 Chuánshuō jǐ bǎi nián qián, zhèr shì yī piàn hǎi. → People say that several hundred years ago this was all ocean. ⇒ 传说他10年前就去了海外。 Chuánshuō tā shí nián qián jiù qùle hǎiwài. → It is said that he went abroad ten years ago.
传达
pass ... on ⇒ 传达指示 chuándá zhǐshì → pass on an instruction
传递
extend ⇒ 传递祝福 chuándì zhùfú → extend good wishes ⇒ 传递信息 chuándì xìnxī → transmit information
哄传
spread ( pt , pp spread ) ⇒ 人们在哄传地震的消息。 Rénmen zài hōngchuán dìzhèn de xiāoxi. → People are spreading the news of the earthquake.
失传
be lost ⇒ 造剑的手艺失传了。 Zào jiàn de shǒuyì shīchuán le. → The art of sword-making has been lost.
宣传
disseminate ⇒ 宣传工具 xuānchuán gōngjù → means of dissemination ⇒ 宣传进步思想 xuānchuán jìnbù sīxiǎng → promote progressive thought
家传
hand ... down
流传
spread ( pt , pp spread )
盛传
spread ( pt , pp spread )
相传
( 传说 ) be traditionally said ⇒ 相传,这个湖里有个水怪。 Xiāngchuán, zhège hú li yǒu gè shuǐguài. → Traditionally, there is said to be a monster in this lake.
祖传
hand ... down
经传
classics pl
自传
autobiography
讹传
hearsay
谣传
be rumoured ( 英 ) 或 rumored ( 美 ) ⇒ 谣传罗素破产了。 Yáochuán Luósù pòchǎn le. → Rumour has it that Russell has gone bankrupt.
遗传
inherit ⇒ 有些疾病可能会遗传。 Yǒuxiē jíbìng kěnéng huì yíchuán. → Some diseases can be hereditary.
风传
be rumoured ( 英 ) 或 rumored ( 美 )
传染病
infectious disease
传真机
fax machine
以讹传讹
Chinese whispers
同声传译
simultaneous interpretation
名不虚传
live up to one's reputation
树碑立传
( 贬 ) seek the limelight ⇒ 我做好事不为树碑立传,而是为大家服务。 Wǒ zuò hǎoshì bù wèi shù bēi lì zhuàn, érshì wèi dàjiā fúwù. → I do good things not to seek the limelight, but to serve everyone.
言归正传
get back to business ⇒ 刚才大家闲聊了半天，现在言归正传吧。 Gāngcái dàjiā xiánliáole bàntiān, xiànzài yán guī zhèng zhuàn ba. → We've been chatting for ages – now let's get back to business.
English translation of '传'
传 (傳)
(chuán)
动
(= 交给) hand ... down
(= 传授) pass ... on
(= 传播) spread (pt, pp spread)
(= 传导) conduct
(= 表达) express
⇒ 传情 (chuánqíng) express one's feelings
⇒ 他们俩在会上眉目传情。 (Tāmen liǎ zài huì shang méimù chuánqíng.) They were eyeing each other up at the meeting.