Chinese word dictionary

传真

chuánzhēn · to fax; a fax; (literary) to portray vividly in painting

Practice word

Word information

Simplified传真

Traditional傳真

Pinyinchuánzhēn

Part of speech名

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.04

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

传chuán

to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons

真zhēn

real, actual, true, genuine

How to learn 传真

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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真zhēn

really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine

认真rènzhēn

conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart

真正zhēnzhèng

genuine; real; true; really; indeed

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