口傳

See also: 口传 and 口伝

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography
trad. (口傳)		口	傳
simp. (口传)		口	传

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² cyun⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kheu-zoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuchuán
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻuan²
    • Yale: kǒu-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouchwan
    • Palladius: коучуань (koučuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² cyun⁴
    • Yale: háu chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kheu-zoe
    • MiniDict: kheu^去 zoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kheu-zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɤ³³ zø⁴⁴/

Verb

口傳

1. to teach through oral instruction; to instruct orally
2. to pass on by word of mouth

Synonyms

• (teach through oral instruction): 口授 (kǒushòu)

Noun

口傳

1. oral instruction; hearsay

Derived terms

• 口傳心授 / 口传心授 (kǒuchuánxīnshòu)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	傳
く Grade: 1	でん Jinmeiyō
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 口傳 – see the following entry.

【口伝くでん】 [noun] oral tradition, oral instruction [noun] hearsay, (transmission by) word of mouth

(This term, 口傳, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
口	傳

Noun

口傳 • (gujeon) (hangeul 구전)

1. hanja form^? of 구전 (“oral instruction”)