傳 (cyun4) — convey; express; show in Cantonese
cyunˎ₄傳
简 传
Mandarin Pinyin: chuan2
Meaning of 傳
nounconvey; express; show
nounspread; circulate; propagate
nounpass; transmit; hand down
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Example Sentences with 傳
他的名聲已經開始傳開傳了。
His reputation has already begun to spread.
近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.
佢將我傳畀佢嘅波頭槌入龍門
I passed the ball to him and he scored with a header
dongˉ¹當sai3gaai3jyu5世ngaam1ngaam1界cyun4jap6語zungˉ¹啱gwok˗₃啱go2zan6傳入中國嗰陣
When Esperanto had just been introduced to China...
ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋batˉ¹不dyunˍ₆斷sauˉ¹收douˊ²到niˉ¹呢diˉ¹啲mouˏ₅冇jungˍ₆用ge˗₃嘅cyunˎ₄傳daan1,單﹐satˍ₆實zoiˍ₆在touˊ²討jim3.厭。
We keep getting these unwanted flyers; they're a real nuisance.
Words Containing 傳
遺傳信息wai4 cyun4 seon3 sik1
hereditary (or genetic) information
傳呼cyun4 fu1
to notify sb. of phone call
電子郵件傳送服務din6 zi2 jau4 gin2 cyun4 sung3 fuk6 mou6
(E-)mail delivery service
以訛傳訛ji5 ngo4 cyun4 ngo4
spread error upon error; incorrectly relay an erroneous message; spread a wrong theory and make it worse
傳世字聯cyun4 sai3 zi6 lyun4
a record of generation names
傳教士體位cyun4 gaau3 si6 tai2 wai6
missionary position (male on top position during sex)
傳統街市cyun4 tung2 gaai1 si5
traditional wet markets (street markets)
誤傳ng6 cyun4
to disseminate misinformation
不見經傳bat1 gin3 ging1 zyun6
not to be found in the classics
傳教師cyun4 gaau3 si1
pulpiteer
傳召出庭令cyun4 ziu6 ceot1 ting4 ling6
subpoena (lit., "order to summon before court")
自傳zi6 zyun2
autobiography, memoirs
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