chuán

to pass on

to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)

person (亻) + [sound: zhuān] (专) = pass on, transmit

The person radical (亻) anchors the meaning: transmission is fundamentally a human act of passing something along. 专 contributes the sound chuán and carries no intended meaning here.

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请把这本书给后面的同学。

qǐng bǎ zhè běn shū chuán gěi hòu miàn de tóng xué。

Please pass this book to the students in the back.

这个消息在公司里得很快。

zhè ge xiāo xi zài gōng sī lǐ chuán de hěn kuài。

This news spread very quickly through the company.

Words with 传

传媒

chuán méi

media

遗传

yí chuán

heredity

遗传信息

yí chuán xìn xī

genetic information

遗传学

yí chuán xué

genetics

遗传工程

yí chuán gōng chéng

genetic engineering

遗传性

yí chuán xìng

hereditary

遗传性疾病

yí chuán xìng jí bìng

genetic disorder

遗传物质

yí chuán wù zhì

genetic material

遗传率

yí chuán lǜ

heritability

都市传奇

dū shì chuán qí

urban legend (translation of recent Western term)

都市传说

dū shì chuán shuō

urban legend; urban myth

都会传奇

dū huì chuán qí

urban legend (translation of recent Western term)

More characters with 亻