相傳

Chinese edit

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	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. (相傳)		相	傳
simp. (相传)		相	传

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ cyun⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siong-toân / siang-thoân / siong-thoân

(Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ tuang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangchuán
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chʻuan²
  - Yale: syāng-chwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangchwan
  - Palladius: сянчуань (sjančuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ cyun⁴
  - Yale: sēung chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ tsyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ qun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-toân
  - Tâi-lô: siong-tuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongdoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ tuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-thoân
  - Tâi-lô: siang-thuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangtoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-thoân
  - Tâi-lô: siong-thuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongtoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siang¹ tuang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang thuâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ tʰuaŋ⁵⁵/

Verb edit

相傳

it is said that; tradition has it that; according to legend
to hand down or pass down from one to another
- 一姓相傳，至今不已，是中國聖王之所不能者，誠爲異事。而封建之法能行焉，且其器械之精妙，制度之一定，則不可以蠻夷忽之也。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 『順菴先生文集』by An Jeongbok, 1748
  일성상전^(하야) 지금불이^(는) 시중국성왕지소불능자^(이어늘) 성위이사^(고) 이봉건지법능행언^(이요) 차기기계지정묘^(며) 제도지일정^(은) 즉 불가이만이홀지야^(이니라).
  Il seong sangjeon[-haya] jigeum bur i[-neun] si Jungguk seongwang ji so bulneung ja[-ieoneul] seong wi isa[-ra]. I bonggeon ji beop neung haeng eon[-iyo] cha gi gigye ji jeongmyeo[-myeo] jedo ji iljeong[-eun] jeuk bul gai mani hol ji ya[-inira]. [Sino-Korean]
  Passing [the throne] down a single lineage, without any break up to today, is something not even the sage-kings of China could do; it is strange indeed [that the Japanese have achieved this]. And the laws of fengjian are well-enacted there; furthermore, one cannot ignore the intricacies of their machinery and the regularity of their systems simply because they are barbarians.

Synonyms edit

(it is said that): 傳說／传说 (chuánshuō)

Derived terms edit

代代相傳／代代相传 (dàidàixiāngchuán)
口耳相傳／口耳相传 (kǒu'ěrxiāngchuán)