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HSK
to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *传* | 传* | *传
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
HSK 3
legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
HSK 3
to transmit; to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive
HSK 5
tradition / traditional / convention / conventional / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
to pass on / to convey / to relay / to transmit / transmission
HSK 5
media
HSK 6
to transmit / transmission
HSK 6
to infect / contagious
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *传* | 传* | *传
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station
HSK 7-9
rumor / hearsay
HSK 6
to fax / a fax / (literary) to portray vividly in painting
HSK 5
biography / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
Chinese traditional medicine
to teach / to impart / a disciple / descendant
HSK 7-9
infectious disease; contagious disease; communicable disease
HSK 7-9
a summons (to the police) / subpoena
to send back
sensing (electronics) / telepathy
to impart; to pass on; to teach
HSK 7-9
to pass on scripture / to teach Confucian doctrine / to pass on one's experience
transmission belt
(sports) to pass the ball
rumor
HSK 7-9
pollination / to pollinate
to circulate (a protest or call to arms) / to promulgate
sensor; transducer
vivid / lifelike
(of news) to spread / to get around
postscript to a biography
legendary person / legend (i.e. person)
to transmit outwards / to disseminate / efferent (nerve)
HSK 6
to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon
transmission system / power drive
leaflet; flier; pamphlet
to import / transmitted inwards / afferent
drive shaft
fax machine
to spread rumors
to read and pass on / to pass on for perusal
source of an infection
multi-level marketing
(automobile) transmission
(computing) transmission rate; transmission speed
to spread widely
pager; beeper
to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to / (in football etc) to pass to
to transmit sound
to spread (by word of mouth)
to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
biographical sketch
legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
HSK 7-9
epidemiology
to reproduce / to propagate
Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons)
microphone
to pass on a story / to communicate a message
transmission rate
to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance
HSK 7-9
afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain) / afferent neuron
to pass an argument (computing) (abbr. for 傳遞參數|传递参数)
transmission medium
to spread rumors / to gossip
missionary
missionary / preacher
to carry on one's ancestral line
traditional industry (abbr. for 傳統產業|传统产业)
to pass on amorous feelings / to send one's love to sb
transmission facility / transmission equipment
delivery service
to conduct (heat, electricity etc)
loudhailer / megaphone / one who parrots sb / mouthpiece
transfer mode / transmission method
transmission distance
to pass to the next generation
handed down from ancient times / family heirloom
transmission line
to pass on experience (to the next generation)
telepathy
to pass sth around (for others to look at)
to translate / to interpret
messenger; transmitter (of information)
to transmit heat
widely known / on everyone's lips
to transmit an order
notification / memorial
to eulogize / to pass on praise
issue a decree
transport service
to convey; to deliver; to transmit
infectious; contagious / infectiousness; transmissibility
mission
drive (engine)
transmission mechanism
(law) to summon (a witness); to subpoena; to arraign (an offender) / (Tw) to send a message; to message sb (abbr. for 傳送訊息|传送讯息)
to reprint; to repost; to transmit (in writing etc)
Chinese traditional medicine
conveyor belt / transmission belt
to pass on (a message); to relay (the information)

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