傳說

See also: 传说

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	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (傳說/傳説)		傳	說/説
simp. (传说)		传	说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuánshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ syut³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòn-sot
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): toân-soat / thoân-soat / thoân-soeh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tuang⁵ suêh⁴ / tuêng⁵ suêh⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuánshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuánshuo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-shuo¹
    • Yale: chwán-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanshuo
    • Palladius: чуаньшо (čuanʹšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ syut³
    • Yale: chyùhn syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ syːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòn-sot
    • Hakka Romanization System: conˇ sod`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: con² sod⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰon¹¹ sot̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toân-soat
    • Tâi-lô: tuân-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doansoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tuan²⁴⁻²² suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan²⁴⁻²² suat̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoân-soat
    • Tâi-lô: thuân-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toansoad
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰuan¹³⁻²² suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰuan²³⁻³³ suat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoân-soeh
    • Tâi-lô: thuân-sueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toansoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰuan²³⁻³³ sueʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tuang⁵ suêh⁴ / tuêng⁵ suêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thuâng sueh / thuêng sueh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sueʔ²/, /tʰueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sueʔ²/

Note: tuêng5 suêh4 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe-seq
    • MiniDict: zoe^去 seh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² səʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

傳說

1. legend; tale

   傳說中的英雄／传说中的英雄  ―  chuánshuō zhōng de yīngxióng  ―  legendary hero

   傳說時代／传说时代  ―  chuánshuō shídài  ―  legendary period

Derived terms

• 民間傳說／民间传说 (mínjiān chuánshuō)
• 都市傳說／都市传说 (dūshì chuánshuō)

 

Verb

傳說

1. it is said that; tradition has it that; according to legend

Synonyms

• 相傳／相传 (xiāngchuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (傳說):

• → Japanese: 伝説(でんせつ) (densetsu)
• → Korean: 전설(傳說) (jeonseol)
• → Vietnamese: truyền thuyết (傳說)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
傳	說
でん Jinmeiyō	せつ Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 傳說 – see the following entry.

【伝説でんせつ】 [noun] tradition [noun] legend [noun] folklore

(This term, 傳說, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
傳	說

Noun

傳說 • (jeonseol) (hangeul 전설)

1. Hanja form^? of 전설 (“legend”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
傳	說

Noun

傳說

1. chữ Hán form of truyền thuyết (“legend”).