祖
传

Passed on from ancestors in Chinese: 祖传 (zǔ chuán)

zǔ chuán

passed on from ancestors

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

Definitions

  1. 1passed on from ancestors
  2. 2handed down from generation to generation

Stroke order

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祖
传

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨˇ

zǔ

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄔㄨㄢˊ

chuán

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

祖传

Simplified

祖傳

Traditional

Example sentences

See 祖传 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这是我们家祖传的手艺。

    zhè shì wǒ men jiā zǔ chuán de shǒu yì。

    This is a craft handed down in our family.

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Related words

传

chuán

to pass on

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

祖国

zǔ guó

motherland

祖先

zǔ xiān

ancestors

传来

chuán lái

(of a sound) to come through

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