言傳

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	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. (言傳)		言	傳
simp. (言传)		言	传
anagram		傳言／传言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yánchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янчуан (i͡ančuan, I-II)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánchuán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chʻuan²
    • Yale: yán-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanchwan
    • Palladius: яньчуань (janʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янчуан (i͡ančuan, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iæ̃²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰuæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Verb

言傳

1. to express in words

Derived terms

• 只可意會，不可言傳／只可意会，不可言传 (zhǐ kě yìhuì, bù kě yánchuán)
• 言傳身教／言传身教 (yánchuánshēnjiào)