傳信

Chinese

		to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (傳信)		傳	信
simp. (传信)		传	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuánxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ seon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thoân-sìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuánxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuánsìn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-hsin⁴
    • Yale: chwán-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanshinn
    • Palladius: чуаньсинь (čuanʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ seon³
    • Yale: chyùhn seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ sɵn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoân-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: thuân-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toansixn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰuan²⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰuan²⁴⁻²² sin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰuan¹³⁻²² sin²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ sin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰuan²³⁻³³ sin²¹/

Verb

傳信

1. (literary) to pass on reliable information to others

   • 春秋之義，信以傳信，疑以傳疑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     春秋之义，信以传信，疑以传疑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Guliang, circa 206 BCE– 9 CE

     Chūnqiū zhī yì, xìn yǐ chuánxìn, yí yǐ chuányí. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (literary) to deliver a message or news