薪火相傳

Chinese

		torch	it is said that; tradition has it that; according to legend it is said that; tradition has it that; according to legend; to hand down or pass down from one to another
trad. (薪火相傳)		薪火	相傳
simp. (薪火相传)		薪火	相传

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnhuǒxiāngchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ fo² soeng¹ cyun⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sin-hóe-siòng-thoân / sin-hé-siòng-thoân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng¹ huê² siang¹ tuang⁵

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnhuǒxiāngchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinhuǒsiangchuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-huo³-hsiang¹-chʻuan²
    • Yale: syīn-hwǒ-syāng-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinhuooshiangchwan
    • Palladius: синьхосянчуань (sinʹxosjančuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ fo² soeng¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: sān fó sēung chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ fo² soeng¹ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ fo² sêng¹ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hóe-siòng-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: sin-hué-siòng-thuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinhoefsiorngtoaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰuan²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hé-siòng-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: sin-hé-siòng-thuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinhefsiorngtoaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰuan²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng¹ huê² siang¹ tuang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seng hué siang thuâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ³³⁻²³ hue⁵²⁻³⁵ siaŋ³³⁻²³ tʰuaŋ⁵⁵/

Note: Jieyang.

Idiom

薪火相傳

1. to pass down (good tradition, knowledge, skill, etc.) from generation to generation

Synonyms

• 薪盡火傳／薪尽火传 (xīnjìnhuǒchuán)