宣傳

See also: 宣伝 and 宣传

Chinese

		to declare (publicly); to announce	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. (宣傳)		宣	傳
simp. (宣传)		宣	传

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuānchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ cyun⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siên-chhòn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiên¹ con²

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng¹ doeng² / syoeng¹ dyoeng² / sieng¹ dieng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soan-thoân / soan-toân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suang¹ tuang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuānchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuanchuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-chʻuan²
    • Yale: sywān-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanchwan
    • Palladius: сюаньчуань (sjuanʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: syūn chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chhòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ con^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ con²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ t͡sʰon¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiên¹ con²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɔn¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng¹ doeng² [Phonetic: soeng⁵ doeng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: se̤ng-dé̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ tœŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng¹ dyoeng² [Phonetic: syoeng⁵ dyoeng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ tyøŋ²⁴/
  • (Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sieng¹ dieng² [Phonetic: sieng⁵ dieng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ tieŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: suan-thuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soantoaan
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ tʰuan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-toân
    • Tâi-lô: suan-tuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soandoaan
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² tuan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ tuan²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suang¹ tuang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suang thuâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ³³⁻²³ tʰuaŋ⁵⁵/

Note: suang1 tuang5 - Shantou.

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• Middle Chinese: sjwen drjwen

Rime
Character	宣	傳
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	須緣切	直攣切
Baxter	sjwen	drjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuᴇn/	/ɖˠiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiɛn/	/ɖʷᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuæn/	/ȡiuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swian/	/ɖwian/
Li Rong	/siuɛn/	/ȡjuɛn/
Wang Li	/sĭwɛn/	/ȡĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯wɛn/	/ȡʱi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān	chuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun1	cyun4

Verb

宣傳

1. to do publicity; to publicise; to propagate; to promote; to disseminate; to propagandize

   產品宣傳／产品宣传  ―  chǎnpǐn xuānchuán  ―  product promotion

   宣傳單張／宣传单张  ―  xuānchuán dānzhāng  ―  promotional leaflet

   • 徒以一經之業，宣傳章句，而見尊重。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     徒以一经之业，宣传章句，而见尊重。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Ge Hong, Baopuzi, 4^th century CE

     Tú yǐ yī jīng zhī yè, xuānchuán zhāngjù, ér jiàn zūnzhòng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

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• 安利 (ānlì) (mainland China, slang, neologism)
• 宣揚 / 宣扬 (xuānyáng)
• 揄揚 / 揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
• 種草 / 种草 (zhòngcǎo) (mainland China, slang, neologism)
• 鼓吹

Derived terms

• 宣傳品 / 宣传品 (xuānchuánpǐn)
• 宣傳工具 / 宣传工具 (xuānchuán gōngjù)
• 宣傳片 / 宣传片
• 宣傳畫 / 宣传画 (xuānchuánhuà)
• 宣傳車 / 宣传车 (xuānchuánchē)
• 政治宣傳 / 政治宣传 (zhèngzhì xuānchuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宣傳):

• → Japanese: 宣伝(せんでん) (senden)
• → Korean: 선전(宣傳) (seonjeon)
• → Vietnamese: tuyên truyền (宣傳)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宣	傳
せん Grade: 6	でん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 宣傳 – see the following entry.

【宣伝せんでん】 [noun] advertisement, publicity [noun] propaganda [verb] to advertise

(This term, 宣傳, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
宣	傳

Noun

宣傳 • (seonjeon) (hangeul 선전)

1. hanja form^? of 선전 (“propaganda”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
宣	傳

Noun

宣傳

1. chữ Hán form of tuyên truyền (“propaganda”)

Verb

宣傳

1. chữ Hán form of tuyên truyền (“to propagate”)