薪火相傳

Chinese

		torch	it is said that; tradition has it that; according to legend it is said that; tradition has it that; according to legend; to hand down or pass down from one to another
trad. (薪火相傳)		薪火	相傳
simp. (薪火相传)		薪火	相传

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnhuǒxiāngchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ fo² soeng¹ cyun⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sin-hóe-siòng-thoân / sin-hé-siòng-thoân

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng¹ huê² siang¹ tuang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnhuǒxiāngchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinhuǒsiangchuán
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-huo³-hsiang¹-chʻuan²
  - Yale: syīn-hwǒ-syāng-chwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinhuooshiangchwan
  - Palladius: синьхосянчуань (sinʹxosjančuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ fo² soeng¹ cyun⁴
  - Yale: sān fó sēung chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ fo² soeng¹ tsyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ fo² sêng¹ qun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hóe-siòng-thoân
  - Tâi-lô: sin-hué-siòng-thuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinhoefsiorngtoaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰuan²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hé-siòng-thoân
  - Tâi-lô: sin-hé-siòng-thuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinhefsiorngtoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰuan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng¹ huê² siang¹ tuang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seng hué siang thuâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ³³⁻²³ hue⁵²⁻³⁵ siaŋ³³⁻²³ tʰuaŋ⁵⁵/

Note: Jieyang.

Idiom

薪火相傳

to pass down (good tradition, knowledge, skill, etc.) from generation to generation

Synonyms

薪盡火傳／薪尽火传 (xīnjìnhuǒchuán)