传
闻

Rumor in Chinese: 传闻 (chuán wén)

chuán wén

rumor

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

Definitions

  1. 1rumor

Stroke order

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传
闻

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄨㄢˊ

chuán

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄨㄣˊ

wén

ㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

传闻

Simplified

傳聞

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个传闻根本不是真的。

    zhè ge chuán wén gēn běn bú shì zhēn de。

    This rumor simply isn't true.

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Related words

闻

wén

to hear

传

chuán

to pass on

新闻

xīn wén

news

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

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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