單傳

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography
trad. (單傳)		單	傳
simp. (单传)		单	传
anagram		傳單／传单

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danchuán
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-chʻuan²
    • Yale: dān-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danchwan
    • Palladius: даньчуань (danʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: dāan chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Verb

單傳

1. to have only one son to succeed a generation
   • 1919, Lu Xun, “藥”, in 吶喊, 新潮社, published 1923, page 35:

     他的精神，現在只在一個包上，彷彿抱着一個十世單傳的嬰兒，別的事情，都已置之度外了。 [MSC, trad.]
     他的精神，现在只在一个包上，仿佛抱着一个十世单传的婴儿，别的事情，都已置之度外了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā de jīngshén, xiànzài zhǐ zài yī ge bāo shàng, pángfó bào zhuó yī ge shí shì dānchuán de yīng'ér, bié de shìqíng, dōu yǐ zhìzhīdùwài le. [Pinyin]

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2. to be taught by only one master or school