| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 传 | 傳 | chuán | - to pass on - to spread - to transmit - to infect - to transfer - to circulate - to conduct (electricity) |
| 传 | 傳 | zhuàn | - biography - historical narrative - commentaries - relay station |
| 上传 | 上傳 | shàngchuán | - to upload |
| 不传 | 不傳 | bùchuán | - not passed on |
| 传世 | 傳世 | chuánshì | - handed down from ancient times - family heirloom |
| 传人 | 傳人 | chuánrén | - to teach - to impart - a disciple - descendant |
| 传代 | 傳代 | chuándài | - to pass to the next generation |
| 传令 | 傳令 | chuánlìng | - to transmit an order |
| 传来 | 傳來 | chuánlái | - (of a sound) to come through - to be heard - (of news) to arrive |
| 传入 | 傳入 | chuánrù | - to import - transmitted inwards - afferent |
| 传出 | 傳出 | chuánchū | - to transmit outwards - to disseminate - efferent (nerve) |
| 传动 | 傳動 | chuándòng | - drive (transmission in an engine) |
| 传名 | 傳名 | chuánmíng | - spreading fame |
| 传告 | 傳告 | chuángào | - to convey (a message) - to inform |
| 传呼 | 傳呼 | chuánhū | - to notify sb of a call - to call sb to the phone |
| 传唱 | 傳唱 | chuánchàng | - (of a song) to pass from person to person |
| 传唤 | 傳喚 | chuánhuàn | - a summons (to the police) - subpoena |
| 传单 | 傳單 | chuándān | - leaflet - flier - pamphlet |
| 传回 | 傳回 | chuánhuí | - to send back |
| 传报 | 傳報 | chuánbào | - notification - memorial |
| 传奇 | 傳奇 | chuánqí | - legendary - fantasy saga - romance - short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty |
| 传媒 | 傳媒 | chuánméi | - media |
| 传家 | 傳家 | chuánjiā | - to pass on through the generations |
| 传寄 | 傳寄 | chuánjì | - to send (message to sb) - to communicate - to forward (message) |
| 传写 | 傳寫 | chuánxiě | - to copy - to pass on a copy |
| 传导 | 傳導 | chuándǎo | - to conduct (heat, electricity etc) |
| 传布 | 傳布 | chuánbù | - to spread - to hand down - to disseminate |
| 传情 | 傳情 | chuánqíng | - to pass on amorous feelings - to send one's love to sb |
| 传感 | 傳感 | chuángǎn | - to pass on feelings - telepathy - sensing (engineering) |
| 传戒 | 傳戒 | chuánjiè | - to initiate novice (Buddhist monk) |
| 传承 | 傳承 | chuánchéng | - to pass on (to future generations) - passed on (from former times) - a continued tradition - an inheritance |
| 传抄 | 傳抄 | chuánchāo | - to circulate copies - to copy and pass on |
| 传授 | 傳授 | chuánshòu | - to impart - to pass on - to teach |
| 传扬 | 傳揚 | chuányáng | - to spread (by word of mouth) |
| 传播 | 傳播 | chuánbō | - to disseminate - to propagate - to spread |
| 传教 | 傳教 | chuánjiào | - to preach - missionary - to evangelize |
| 传旨 | 傳旨 | chuánzhǐ | - issue a decree |
| 传本 | 傳本 | chuánběn | - edition (of a book) currently in circulation |
| 传染 | 傳染 | chuánrǎn | - to infect - contagious |
| 传檄 | 傳檄 | chuánxí | - to circulate (a protest or call to arms) - to promulgate |
| 传法 | 傳法 | chuánfǎ | - to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism) |
| 传流 | 傳流 | chuánliú | - to spread - to hand down - to circulate |
| 传热 | 傳熱 | chuánrè | - heat transfer - heat transmission |
| 传灯 | 傳燈 | chuándēng | - to pass on the light of Buddha |
| 传球 | 傳球 | chuánqiú | - pass (in soccer) - to feed (ball) |
| 传略 | 傳略 | zhuànlüè | - bibliographic sketch |
| 传发 | 傳發 | chuánfā | - to order sb to start on a journey |
| 传真 | 傳真 | chuánzhēn | - fax - facsimile |
| 传神 | 傳神 | chuánshén | - vivid - lifelike |
| 传票 | 傳票 | chuánpiào | - summons - subpoena - voucher |
| 传种 | 傳種 | chuánzhǒng | - to reproduce - to propagate |
| 传粉 | 傳粉 | chuánfěn | - pollination - to pollinate |
| 传给 | 傳給 | chuángei | - to pass on (to sb) - to send - to pass (e.g. in football) - to give directly (by hand) - to deliver - to hand over - to transfer - to relay - to transmit - to hand on (to the next generation) |
| 传统 | 傳統 | chuántǒng | - tradition - traditional - convention - conventional - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 传经 | 傳經 | chuánjīng | - to pass on scripture - to teach Confucian doctrine - to pass on one's experience |
| 传习 | 傳習 | chuánxí | - teaching and learning - to study and impart |
| 传闻 | 傳聞 | chuánwén | - rumor |
| 传声 | 傳聲 | chuánshēng | - microphone - to use a microphone |
| 传艺 | 傳藝 | chuányì | - to impart skills - to pass on one's art |
| 传见 | 傳見 | chuánjiàn | - to summon for an interview |
| 传观 | 傳觀 | chuánguān | - to pass sth around (for others to look at) |
| 传言 | 傳言 | chuányán | - rumor - hearsay |
| 传讯 | 傳訊 | chuánxùn | - to summon (a witness) - to subpoena |
| 传记 | 傳記 | zhuànjì | - biography - CL:篇[pian1],部[bu4] |
| 传话 | 傳話 | chuánhuà | - to pass on a story - to communicate a message |
| 传语 | 傳語 | chuányǔ | - to pass on (information) |
| 传诵 | 傳誦 | chuánsòng | - widely known - on everyone's lips |
| 传说 | 傳說 | chuánshuō | - legend - folklore - tradition - it is said - they say that... |
| 传讲 | 傳講 | chuánjiǎng | - to preach |
| 传译 | 傳譯 | chuányì | - to translate - to interpret |
| 传质 | 傳質 | chuánzhì | - mass transfer |
| 传赞 | 傳贊 | zhuànzàn | - postscript to bibliography |
| 传输 | 傳輸 | chuánshū | - transport - transmission |
| 传述 | 傳述 | chuánshù | - to relay - to retell |
| 传送 | 傳送 | chuánsòng | - to convey - to deliver |
| 传遍 | 傳遍 | chuánbiàn | - to spread widely |
| 传道 | 傳道 | chuándào | - to lecture on doctrine - to expound the wisdom of ancient sages - to preach - a sermon |
| 传达 | 傳達 | chuándá | - to pass on - to convey - to relay - to transmit - transmission |
| 传递 | 傳遞 | chuándì | - to transmit - to pass on to sb else - (math.) transitive |
| 传销 | 傳銷 | chuánxiāo | - multi-level marketing |
| 传开 | 傳開 | chuánkāi | - (of news) to spread - to get around |
| 传阅 | 傳閱 | chuányuè | - to read and pass on - to pass on for perusal |
| 传颂 | 傳頌 | chuánsòng | - to eulogize - to pass on praise |
| 列传 | 列傳 | lièzhuàn | - historical biography |
| 别传 | 別傳 | biézhuàn | - supplementary biography |
| 前传 | 前傳 | qiánchuán | - forward pass (sport) |
| 前传 | 前傳 | qiánzhuàn | - prequel |
| 口传 | 口傳 | kǒuchuán | - orally transmitted |
| 史传 | 史傳 | shǐzhuàn | - historical biography |
| 外传 | 外傳 | wàichuán | - to tell others (a secret) - to divulge to an outsider - to be rumored |
| 外传 | 外傳 | wàizhuàn | - unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography) |
| 失传 | 失傳 | shīchuán | - not transmitted - no longer extant - lost in transmission |
| 嫡传 | 嫡傳 | díchuán | - handed down in a direct line from the founder |
| 宣传 | 宣傳 | xuānchuán | - to disseminate - to give publicity to - propaganda - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 家传 | 家傳 | jiāchuán | - handed down in a family - family traditions |
| 小传 | 小傳 | xiǎozhuàn | - sketch biography - profile |
| 左传 | 左傳 | ZuǒZhuàn | - Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] |
| 广传 | 廣傳 | guǎngchuán | - to propagate |
| 征传 | 徵傳 | zhēngzhuàn | - narrative of long journey - campaign record |
| 拘传 | 拘傳 | jūchuán | - subpoena - to summon (for questioning) |
| 据传 | 據傳 | jùchuán | - it is rumored that ... - it is reported that ... |
| 易传 | 易傳 | YìZhuàn | - Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] |
| 正传 | 正傳 | zhèngzhuàn | - main subject of long novel - true biography |
| 流传 | 流傳 | liúchuán | - to spread - to circulate - to hand down |
| 留传 | 留傳 | liúchuán | - a legacy - to bequeath (to later generations) |
| 盛传 | 盛傳 | shèngchuán | - widely spread - widely rumored - stories abound - (sb's exploits are) widely circulated |
| 相传 | 相傳 | xiāngchuán | - to pass on - to hand down - tradition has it that ... - according to legend |
| 真传 | 真傳 | zhēnchuán | - authentic tradition - handed-down teachings or techniques |
| 短传 | 短傳 | duǎnchuán | - short pass (in ball game) |
| 秘传 | 祕傳 | mìchuán | - secretly transmitted - esoteric lore |
| 祖传 | 祖傳 | zǔchuán | - passed on from ancestors - handed down from generation to generation |
| 立传 | 立傳 | lìzhuàn | - to record sb's achievements in writing - to write a biography enhancing the subject's image |
| 经传 | 經傳 | jīngzhuàn | - classic work (esp. Confucian classics) |
| 自传 | 自傳 | zìzhuàn | - autobiography |
| 薪传 | 薪傳 | xīnchuán | - (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪盡火傳|薪尽火传[xin1 jin4 huo3 chuan2] |
| 言传 | 言傳 | yánchuán | - to convey in words |
| 记传 | 記傳 | jìzhuàn | - history and biography |
| 讹传 | 訛傳 | échuán | - unfounded rumor |
| 谣传 | 謠傳 | yáochuán | - rumor |
| 遗传 | 遺傳 | yíchuán | - heredity - inheritance - to transmit |
| 电传 | 電傳 | diànchuán | - to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc) - a message transmitted using electronic means - telex - teleprinter |
| 风传 | 風傳 | fēngchuán | - it is rumored that |
| 驿传 | 驛傳 | yìchuán | - relay post-horse mail service (in former times) |
| 人传人 | 人傳人 | rénchuánrén | - transmitted person-to-person |
| 传令兵 | 傳令兵 | chuánlìngbīng | - orderly |
| 传动器 | 傳動器 | chuándòngqì | - drive (engine) |
| 传动带 | 傳動帶 | chuándòngdài | - transmission belt |
| 传动比 | 傳動比 | chuándòngbǐ | - transmission ratio - gear ratio |
| 传动轴 | 傳動軸 | chuándòngzhóu | - drive shaft |
| 传呼机 | 傳呼機 | chuánhūjī | - pager - beeper |
| 传单广 | 傳單廣 | chuándānguǎng | - advertising leaflet - circular |
| 传家宝 | 傳家寶 | chuánjiābǎo | - family heirloom |
| 传帮带 | 傳幫帶 | chuánbāngdài | - to pass on experience (to the next generation) |
| 传心术 | 傳心術 | chuánxīnshù | - telepathy |
| 传感器 | 傳感器 | chuángǎnqì | - sensor - transducer |
| 传教团 | 傳教團 | chuánjiàotuán | - a mission (group of missionaries) |
| 传教士 | 傳教士 | chuánjiàoshì | - missionary |
| 传书鸽 | 傳書鴿 | chuánshūgē | - carrier pigeon (used for mail) |
| 传染性 | 傳染性 | chuánrǎnxìng | - infectious - epidemic |
| 传染源 | 傳染源 | chuánrǎnyuán | - source of an infection |
| 传染病 | 傳染病 | chuánrǎnbìng | - infectious disease - contagious disease - pestilence |
| 传热学 | 傳熱學 | zhuànrèxué | - theory of heat - heat transmission (physics) |
| 传真机 | 傳真機 | chuánzhēnjī | - fax machine |
| 传声器 | 傳聲器 | chuánshēngqì | - microphone |
| 传声筒 | 傳聲筒 | chuánshēngtǒng | - loudhailer - megaphone - one who parrots sb - mouthpiece |
| 传记性 | 傳記性 | zhuànjìxìng | - bibliographic |
| 传话人 | 傳話人 | chuánhuàrén | - messenger - communicator - relay |
| 传输层 | 傳輸層 | chuánshūcéng | - transport layer |
| 传输率 | 傳輸率 | chuánshūlǜ | - transmission rate |
| 传输线 | 傳輸線 | chuánshūxiàn | - transmission line |
| 传送带 | 傳送帶 | chuánsòngdài | - conveyor belt - transmission belt |
| 传道书 | 傳道書 | ChuándàoShū | - Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons) |
| 传道者 | 傳道者 | chuándàozhě | - missionary - preacher |
| 传道部 | 傳道部 | chuándàobù | - mission |
| 传达员 | 傳達員 | chuándáyuán | - usher - receptionist |
| 传达室 | 傳達室 | chuándáshì | - reception room |
| 传递者 | 傳遞者 | chuándìzhě | - messenger - transmitter (of information) |
| 公羊传 | 公羊傳 | GōngyángZhuàn | - Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written by multiple authors during Han dynasty, same as 公羊春秋[Gong1 yang2 Chun1 qiu1] |
| 力传递 | 力傳遞 | lìchuándì | - mechanical transmission |
| 周传瑛 | 周傳瑛 | ZhōuChuányīng | - Zhou Chuanying (1912-1988), Kunqu 昆曲 opera actor |
| 孙传芳 | 孫傳芳 | SūnChuánfāng | - Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935 |
| 宣传册 | 宣傳冊 | xuānchuáncè | - commercial brochure - advertising pamphlet - flyer |
| 宣传画 | 宣傳畫 | xuānchuánhuà | - propaganda poster - advertising hoarding |
| 宣传部 | 宣傳部 | Xuānchuánbù | - Propaganda Department |
| 性传播 | 性傳播 | xìngchuánbō | - sexually transmitted |
| 李娃传 | 李娃傳 | LǐWáZhuàn | - Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot |
| 柳毅传 | 柳毅傳 | LiǔYìzhuàn | - story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties |
| 水浒传 | 水滸傳 | ShuǐhǔZhuàn | - Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature |
| 热传导 | 熱傳導 | rèchuándǎo | - heat transfer - thermal conduction |
| 白蛇传 | 白蛇傳 | BáiShéZhuàn | - Tale of the White Snake - Madame White Snake |
| 谷梁传 | 穀梁傳 | GǔliángZhuàn | - Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], first published during the Han Dynasty |
| 纪传体 | 紀傳體 | jìzhuàntǐ | - history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian |
| 遗传学 | 遺傳學 | yíchuánxué | - genetics |
| 遗传性 | 遺傳性 | yíchuánxìng | - hereditary - inherited - genetic |
| 遗传率 | 遺傳率 | yíchuánlǜ | - heritability |
| 不见经传 | 不見經傳 | bùjiànjīngzhuàn | - not found in the classics (idiom); unknown - unfounded - not authoritative |
| 世代相传 | 世代相傳 | shìdàixiāngchuán | - passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down |
| 中山狼传 | 中山狼傳 | ZhōngshānLángZhuàn | - the fable of Mr Dongguo and the ungrateful Wolf by Ma Zhongxi 馬中錫|马中锡[Ma3 Zhong1 xi1] |
| 代代相传 | 代代相傳 | dàidàixiāngchuán | - passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down |
| 以讹传讹 | 以訛傳訛 | yǐéchuáné | - to spread falsehoods - to increasingly distort the truth - to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) |
| 使徒行传 | 使徒行傳 | ShǐtúXíngZhuàn | - Acts of the Apostles (New Testament) |
| 传三过四 | 傳三過四 | chuánsānguòsì | - to spread rumors - to gossip |
| 传入神经 | 傳入神經 | chuánrùshénjīng | - afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain) - afferent neuron |
| 传出神经 | 傳出神經 | chuánchūshénjīng | - efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) - efferent neuron - motor nerve |
| 传动机构 | 傳動機構 | chuándòngjīgòu | - transmission mechanism |
| 传动系统 | 傳動系統 | chuándòngxìtǒng | - transmission system - power drive |
| 传动装置 | 傳動裝置 | chuándòngzhuāngzhì | - transmission (i.e. gears) |
| 传呼电话 | 傳呼電話 | chuánhūdiànhuà | - to notify sb of a call - to call sb to the phone |
| 传奇人物 | 傳奇人物 | chuánqírénwù | - legendary person - legend (i.e. person) |
| 传宗接代 | 傳宗接代 | chuánzōngjiēdài | - to carry on one's ancestral line |
| 传播四方 | 傳播四方 | chuánbōsìfāng | - to disseminate in every direction (idiom) |
| 传染病学 | 傳染病學 | chuánrǎnbìngxué | - epidemiology |
| 传真发送 | 傳真發送 | chuánzhēnfāsòng | - fax transmission |
| 传真号码 | 傳真號碼 | chuánzhēnhàomǎ | - fax number |
| 传真电报 | 傳真電報 | chuánzhēndiànbào | - phototelegram |
| 传统词类 | 傳統詞類 | chuántǒngcílèi | - traditional parts of speech (grammar) |
| 传统医药 | 傳統醫藥 | chuántǒngyīyào | - Chinese traditional medicine |
| 传闻证据 | 傳聞證據 | chuánwénzhèngjù | - hearsay (law) |
| 传输协定 | 傳輸協定 | chuánshūxiédìng | - transfer protocol - transportation protocol |
| 传输媒界 | 傳輸媒界 | chuánshūméijiè | - transport method |
| 传输媒质 | 傳輸媒質 | chuánshūméizhì | - transmission medium |
| 传输媒体 | 傳輸媒體 | chuánshūméitǐ | - transmission medium |
| 传输技术 | 傳輸技術 | chuánshūjìshù | - transmission technology |
| 传输控制 | 傳輸控制 | chuánshūkòngzhì | - transmission control |
| 传输服务 | 傳輸服務 | chuánshūfúwù | - transport service |
| 传输模式 | 傳輸模式 | chuánshūmóshì | - transfer mode - transmission method |
| 传输设备 | 傳輸設備 | chuánshūshèbèi | - transmission facility - transmission equipment |
| 传输距离 | 傳輸距離 | chuánshūjùlí | - transmission distance |
| 传输通道 | 傳輸通道 | chuánshūtōngdào | - transport channel |
| 传输速率 | 傳輸速率 | chuánshūsùlǜ | - transmission rate - transmission speed |
| 传送服务 | 傳送服務 | chuánsòngfúwù | - delivery service |
| 传道受业 | 傳道受業 | chuándàoshòuyè | - to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction |
| 力学传递 | 力學傳遞 | lìxuéchuándì | - mechanical transmission |
| 反传算法 | 反傳算法 | fǎnchuánsuànfǎ | - back propagation algorithm |
| 反共宣传 | 反共宣傳 | fǎngòngxuānchuán | - anticommunist propaganda (as a crime) |
| 口碑流传 | 口碑流傳 | kǒubēiliúchuán | - widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation |
| 史传小说 | 史傳小說 | shǐzhuànxiǎoshuō | - historical novel |
| 同传耳麦 | 同傳耳麥 | tóngchuáněrmài | - simultaneous interpretation headset |
| 同声传译 | 同聲傳譯 | tóngshēngchuányì | - simultaneous interpretation |
| 名不虚传 | 名不虛傳 | míngbùxūchuán | - lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation - enjoys a well-deserved reputation |
| 坊间传言 | 坊間傳言 | fāngjiānchuányán | - rumors - the word on the street |
| 大众传播 | 大眾傳播 | dàzhòngchuánbō | - mass communication |
| 宣传攻势 | 宣傳攻勢 | xuānchuángōngshì | - marketing campaign |
| 捷报频传 | 捷報頻傳 | jiébàopínchuán | - victory reports pour in (idiom); news of success in an endless stream |
| 数据传输 | 數據傳輸 | shùjùchuánshū | - data transmission |
| 文化传统 | 文化傳統 | wénhuàchuántǒng | - cultural tradition |
| 春秋三传 | 春秋三傳 | ChūnqiūSānZhuàn | - Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4] and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] |
| 树碑立传 | 樹碑立傳 | shùbēilìzhuàn | - lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) - to monumentalize - to glorify - to sing the praises of |
| 民间传说 | 民間傳說 | mínjiānchuánshuō | - popular tradition - folk legend |
| 水浒全传 | 水滸全傳 | ShuǐhǔQuánzhuàn | - Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature - also written 水滸傳|水浒传 |
| 水浒后传 | 水滸後傳 | ShuǐhǔHòuzhuàn | - Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱[Chen2 Chen2] |
| 液压传动 | 液壓傳動 | yèyāchuándòng | - hydraulic drive - hydraulic transmission |
| 清史列传 | 清史列傳 | QīngshǐLièzhuàn | - Biographic History of Qing Dynasty by a succession of authors, published 1928 and revised 1987, with biographies of 2,900 notable Qing commoner citizens, 80 scrolls |
| 皮带传动 | 皮帶傳動 | pídàichuándòng | - a leather drive belt |
| 眉目传情 | 眉目傳情 | méimùchuánqíng | - to make sheep eyes at - to cast amorous glances at |
| 眉眼传情 | 眉眼傳情 | méiyǎnchuánqíng | - to give the eye to - to make eyes at |
| 圣经外传 | 聖經外傳 | ShèngjīngWàizhuàn | - Apocrypha - biography external to the classics |
| 圣经贤传 | 聖經賢傳 | shèngjīngxiánzhuàn | - lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts |
| 薪火相传 | 薪火相傳 | xīnhuǒxiāngchuán | - lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) - fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another |
| 薪尽火传 | 薪盡火傳 | xīnjìnhuǒchuán | - see 薪火相傳|薪火相传[xin1 huo3 xiang1 chuan2] |
| 藏传佛教 | 藏傳佛教 | ZàngchuánFójiào | - Tibetan Buddhism |
| 言不可传 | 言不可傳 | yánbùkěchuán | - impossible to put into words - inexpressible |
| 言传身教 | 言傳身教 | yánchuánshēnjiào | - to teach by words and example (idiom) |
| 言归正传 | 言歸正傳 | yánguīzhèngzhuàn | - to return to the topic (idiom) - to get back to the main point |
| 说岳全传 | 說岳全傳 | ShuōYuèQuánzhuàn | - "The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1] |
| 谬种流传 | 謬種流傳 | miùzhǒngliúchuán | - to pass on errors or lies (idiom); the propagation of misconceptions |
| 变速传动 | 變速傳動 | biànsùchuándòng | - to change gear |
| 资料传输 | 資料傳輸 | zīliàochuánshū | - data transmission |
| 遗传信息 | 遺傳信息 | yíchuánxìnxī | - genetic information - heredity |
| 遗传工程 | 遺傳工程 | yíchuángōngchéng | - genetic engineering |
| 遗传物质 | 遺傳物質 | yíchuánwùzhì | - genetic material |
| 都市传奇 | 都市傳奇 | dūshìchuánqí | - urban legend (translation of recent Western term) - story or theory circulated as true - same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇 |
| 都会传奇 | 都會傳奇 | dūhuìchuánqí | - urban legend (translation of recent Western term) - story or theory circulated as true - same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇 |
| 阿Q正传 | 阿Q正傳 | ĀQZhèngzhuàn | - The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] |
| 阿甘正传 | 阿甘正傳 | ĀgānZhèngzhuàn | - Forrest Gump |
| 飞沫传染 | 飛沫傳染 | fēimòchuánrǎn | - droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc) |
| 魔宫传奇 | 魔宮傳奇 | MógōngChuánqí | - The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco |
| 齿轮传动 | 齒輪傳動 | chǐlúnchuándòng | - gear drive |
| 龙的传人 | 龍的傳人 | lóngdechuánrén | - Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese) |
| 中央宣传部 | 中央宣傳部 | ZhōngyāngXuānchuánbù | - Central Propaganda Section - abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 Xuan1 chuan2 bu4] - Central Propaganda Department (of the Chinese communist party) |
| 做广告宣传 | 做廣告宣傳 | zuòguǎnggàoxuānchuán | - to advertise - to make propaganda for sth |
| 儿女英雄传 | 兒女英雄傳 | ÉrnǚYīngxióngZhuàn | - The Gallant Maid, novel by Manchu-born Qing dynasty writer 文康[Wen2 Kang1] |
| 分子遗传学 | 分子遺傳學 | fēnzǐyíchuánxué | - molecular genetics |
| 反共宣传罪 | 反共宣傳罪 | fǎngòngxuānchuánzuì | - the crime of anticommunist propaganda |
| 反革命宣传 | 反革命宣傳 | fǎngémìngxuānchuán | - counter-revolutionary propaganda |
| 名不见经传 | 名不見經傳 | míngbùjiànjīngzhuàn | - (lit.) name not encountered in the classics - unknown (person) - nobody |
| 射雕英雄传 | 射鵰英雄傳 | ShèDiāoYīngxióngZhuàn | - Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations |
| 恶事传千里 | 惡事傳千里 | èshìchuánqiānlǐ | - evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire |
| 春秋左氏传 | 春秋左氏傳 | ChūnqiūZuǒshìZhuàn | - Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] - usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] |
| 海上花列传 | 海上花列傳 | HǎishàngHuāLièzhuàn | - The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4], long novel of lower life in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular - translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang |
| 生物传感器 | 生物傳感器 | shēngwùchuángǎnqì | - biosensor |
| 纳尼亚传奇 | 納尼亞傳奇 | NàníyàChuánqí | - The Chronicles of Narnia, children's stories by C.S. Lewis |
| 行李传送带 | 行李傳送帶 | xínglichuánsòngdài | - luggage conveyor belt - carousel |
| 表观遗传学 | 表觀遺傳學 | biǎoguānyíchuánxué | - epigenetics |
| 遗传性疾病 | 遺傳性疾病 | yíchuánxìngjíbìng | - genetic disorder |
| 中国传媒大学 | 中國傳媒大學 | ZhōngguóChuánméiDàxué | - Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China |
| 传统中国医药 | 傳統中國醫藥 | chuántǒngzhōngguóyīyào | - Chinese traditional medicine |
| 传输控制协定 | 傳輸控制協定 | chuánshūkòngzhìxiédìng | - transmission control protocol - TCP |
| 家丑不可外传 | 家醜不可外傳 | jiāchǒubùkěwàichuán | - lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public |
| 档案传输协定 | 檔案傳輸協定 | dàngànchuánshūxiédìng | - File Transfer Protocol (FTP) |
| 异步传输模式 | 異步傳輸模式 | yìbùchuánshūmóshì | - asynchronous transfer mode - ATM |
| 资料传送服务 | 資料傳送服務 | zīliàochuánsòngfúwù | - data delivery service |
| 非遗传多型性 | 非遺傳多型性 | fēiyíchuánduōxíngxìng | - polyphenism |
| 一传十，十传百 | 一傳十，十傳百 | yīchuánshí,shíchuánbǎi | - news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom) - an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning) |
| 中共中央宣传部 | 中共中央宣傳部 | ZhōnggòngZhōngyāngXuānchuánbù | - Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China |
| 国际文传通讯社 | 國際文傳通訊社 | Guójìwénchuántōngxùnshè | - Interfax News Agency |
| 国际文传电讯社 | 國際文傳電訊社 | GuójìWénchuánDiànxùnshè | - Interfax, Russian non-governmental news agency |
| 旋转行李传送带 | 旋轉行李傳送帶 | xuánzhuǎnxínglichuánsòngdài | - luggage conveyor belt - carousel |
| 超文件传输协定 | 超文件傳輸協定 | chāowénjiànchuánshūxiédìng | - hypertext transfer protocol - HTTP |
| 超文本传输协定 | 超文本傳輸協定 | chāowénběnchuánshūxiédìng | - hypertext transfer protocol - HTTP |
| 超文本传送协议 | 超文本傳送協議 | chāowénběnchuánsòngxiéyì | - hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) |
| 非同步传输模式 | 非同步傳輸模式 | fēitóngbùchuánshūmóshì | - asynchronous transfer mode - ATM |
| 反革命宣传煽动罪 | 反革命宣傳煽動罪 | fǎngémìngxuānchuánshāndòngzuì | - the crime of instigating counter-revolutionary propaganda |
| 只可意会，不可言传 | 只可意會，不可言傳 | zhǐkěyìhuì,bùkěyánchuán | - can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle |
| 可以意会，不可言传 | 可以意會，不可言傳 | kěyǐyìhuì,bùkěyánchuán | - can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle |
| 上海文广新闻传媒集团 | 上海文廣新聞傳媒集團 | ShànghǎiWénguǎngXīnwénChuánméiJítuán | - Shanghai Media Group |
| 好事不出门，恶事传千里 | 好事不出門，惡事傳千里 | hǎoshìbùchūmén,èshìchuánqiānlǐ | - lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles - a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom) |
| 中国共产党中央委员会宣传部 | 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部 | ZhōngguóGòngchǎndǎngZhōngyāngWěiyuánhuìXuānchuánbù | - Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China |
| 家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 | 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 | jiāchǒubùkěwàichuán,liúyánqiēmòqīngxìn | - Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip. |
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