相傳

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography
trad. (相傳)		相	傳
simp. (相传)		相	传

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ cyun⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siong-toân / siang-thoân / siong-thoân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ tuang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangchuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chʻuan²
    • Yale: syāng-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangchwan
    • Palladius: сянчуань (sjančuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: sēung chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-toân
    • Tâi-lô: siong-tuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongdoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ tuan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: siang-thuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangtoaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: siong-thuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongtoaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang¹ tuang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang thuâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ tʰuaŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

相傳

1. it is said that; tradition has it that; according to legend
2. to hand down or pass down from one to another

   • 一姓相傳，至今不已，是中國聖王之所不能者，誠爲異事。而封建之法能行焉，且其器械之精妙，制度之一定，則不可以蠻夷忽之也。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 『順菴先生文集』by An Jeongbok, 1748

     일성상전^(하야) 지금불이^(는) 시중국성왕지소불능자^(이어늘) 성위이사^(고) 이봉건지법능행언^(이요) 차기기계지정묘^(며) 제도지일정^(은) 즉 불가이만이홀지야^(이니라).
     Il seong sangjeon[-haya] jigeum bur i[-neun] si Jungguk seongwang ji so bulneung ja[-ieoneul] seong wi isa[-ra]. I bonggeon ji beop neung haeng eon[-iyo] cha gi gigye ji jeongmyeo[-myeo] jedo ji iljeong[-eun] jeuk bul gai mani hol ji ya[-inira]. [Sino-Korean]

     Passing [the throne] down a single lineage, without any break up to today, is something not even the sage-kings of China could do; it is strange indeed [that the Japanese have achieved this]. And the laws of fengjian are well-enacted there; furthermore, one cannot ignore the intricacies of their machinery and the regularity of their systems simply because they are barbarians.

Synonyms

• (it is said that): 傳說／传说 (chuánshuō)

Derived terms

• 代代相傳／代代相传 (dàidàixiāngchuán)
• 口耳相傳／口耳相传 (kǒu'ěrxiāngchuán)