傳人

Chinese

		to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	man; person; people
trad. (傳人)		傳	人
simp. (传人)		传	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuánrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuánrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuánrén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-jên²
    • Yale: chwán-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanren
    • Palladius: чуаньжэнь (čuanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ jɐn²¹/

Noun

傳人

1. (literary) person well-known by later generations
2. (literary) person able to inherit a certain kind of learning or skill and pass it on
3. (literary) successor; inheritor; heir

Synonyms

• (successor): 繼承人／继承人 (jìchéngrén)

Verb

傳人

1. (literary) to pass on to others
2. (literary) to summon someone; to beckon someone
3. (literary) to infect others; to be contagious; to be infectious