传
奇

Legendary in Chinese: 传奇 (chuán qí)

chuán qí

legendary

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 傳奇1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1legendary
  2. 2fantasy saga
  3. 3romance
  4. 4short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty

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传
奇

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ㄔㄨㄢˊ

chuán

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧˊ

qí

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

传奇

Simplified

傳奇

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他的一生充满了传奇色彩。

    tā de yì shēng chōng mǎn le chuán qí sè cǎi。

    His life was full of legendary drama.

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Related words

传

chuán

to pass on

奇怪

qí guài

strange

传真

chuán zhēn

fax

传播

chuán bō

to disseminate

传递

chuán dì

to transmit

传染

chuán rǎn

to infect

传说

chuán shuō

legend

传统

chuán tǒng

tradition

好奇

hào qí

inquisitive

流传

liú chuán

to spread

奇迹

qí jì

miracle

宣传

xuān chuán

to disseminate

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