Chinese word dictionary

传统

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

Practice word

Word information

Simplified传统

Traditional傳統

Pinyinchuántǒng

Part of speech名、形

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.05

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

统tǒng

to govern, to command; to gather, to unite

How to learn 传统

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.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

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...

流传liúchuán

to spread; to circulate; to hand down

上传shàngchuán

to upload