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传(傳) chuán transmit in Mandarin Chinese
Definition
Radical is 人 rén “person”, which is written 亻 when occurring at the left side of a character so as not to get in the way of the component at the right. The colloquial name for this radical is 人字旁 rénzìpáng “side made up of the character 人.” Phonetic is 专 (專) zhuān “special”. Distinguish 传 (傳) from 专 (專) zhuān and 转 (轉) zhuăn.
Examples
- 传 (傳) chuán transmit [V]
- 传话 (傳話) chuánhuà pass on a message [VO]
- 传真 (傳真) chuánzhēn facsimile, FAX [N]
- 传真机 (傳真機) chuánzhēnjī FAX machine [N]
Video
Sources
Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler