傳
chuánzhuàn HSK3

pass on, transmit

传 傳 chuán frequency
to pass on verb
To pass on to another person or generation; to hand down; to circulate or spread information, rumors, or disease.

相反，他们把自己的想法传给别人。

xiāng​fǎn, tā​men bǎ zì​jǐ de xiǎng​fa chuán gěi bié​ren.

Instead, they pass their ideas on to others.

坏消息传得比好消息快，我们都知道。

huài xiāo​xi chuán de bǐ hǎo xiāo​xi kuài, wǒ​men dōu zhī​dao.

Bad news travels faster than good news as we all know.

to transmit nounverb
(bound form) To transmit or conduct heat, sound, or electricity.
to express verb
To convey or express an emotion or feeling; to give off a look or impression.
to teach verb
To impart knowledge or skills; to teach; to instruct.
to summon
To summon or order someone to appear; to call for someone.
surname
A Chinese surname
传 傳 zhuàn
biography; commentary noun
A biography or life story; a historical narrative or novel based on a person's life; commentaries on classics or ancient texts
relay station
(archaic) A relay station for post horses; an inn for changing carriages.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
332nd most common 662.4 per million
Movie subtitles
516th most common 279.3 per million appears in 70% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
63.6 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
105.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
传
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+50B3

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)