传 - zhuàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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13 strokes
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傳 (传)

zhuàn

Definition

biography
historical narrative
commentaries
relay station

Other pronunciations

chuán

to pass (on)
to spread
to transmit
to infect
to transfer
to circulate
to conduct (electricity)

Character Decomposition

Related words (20)

bibliographic sketch

biography

postscript to bibliography

傳熱學

zhuàn rè xué

theory of heat; heat transmission (physics)

bibliographic

historical biography

supplementary biography

prequel

historical biography

unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)

小傳

xiǎo zhuàn

sketch biography; profile

徵傳

zhēng zhuàn

narrative of long journey; campaign record

正傳

zhèng zhuàn

main subject of long novel; true biography

立傳

lì zhuàn

to record sb's achievements in writing; to write a biography enhancing the subject's image

經傳

jīng zhuàn

classic work (esp. Confucian classics)

autobiography

history and biography

紀傳體

jì zhuàn tǐ

history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian

史傳小說

shǐ zhuàn xiǎo shuō

historical novel

名不見經傳

míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

(lit.) name not encountered in the classics; unknown (person); nobody

Idioms (4)

不見經傳

bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

not found in the classics (idiom); unknown; unfounded; not authoritative

聖經賢傳

shèng jīng xián zhuàn

(lit.) holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts

樹碑立傳

shù bēi lì zhuàn

(lit.) to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom); to monumentalize; to glorify; to sing the praises of

言歸正傳

yán guī zhèng zhuàn

to return to the topic (idiom); to get back to the main point

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