传
言

Rumor in Chinese: 传言 (chuán yán)

chuán yán

rumor

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 傳言1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1rumor
  2. 2hearsay

Stroke order

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传
言

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄨㄢˊ

chuán

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄧㄢˊ

yán

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

传言

Simplified

傳言

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 关于他要离开的传言不是真的。

    guān yú tā yào lí kāi de chuán yán bú shì zhēn de。

    The rumor that he is going to leave is not true.

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Related words

传

chuán

to pass on

传真

chuán zhēn

fax

语言

yǔ yán

language

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

发言

fā yán

to make a speech

流传

liú chuán

to spread

宣传

xuān chuán

to disseminate

传来

chuán lái

(of a sound) to come through

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