Chinese word dictionary

传檄

chuán xí · to circulate (a protest or call to arms); to promulgate

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Word information

Simplified传檄

Traditional傳檄

Pinyinchuán xí

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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传chuán

to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons

檄xí

to order, to dispatch; urgency, a call to arms

How to learn 传檄

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Words with the same characters

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传chuán

to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)

传播chuánbō

to disseminate; to propagate; to spread

传递chuándì

to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive

传说chuánshuō

legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

传统chuántǒng

tradition; traditional; convention; conventional; CL:個|个[ge4]

流传liúchuán

to spread; to circulate; to hand down