薪傳

薪傳

Chinese

		fuel; salary	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. (薪傳)		薪	傳
simp. (薪传)		薪	传

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ cyun⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sin-thoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīnchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinchwan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinchuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsin1-chʻuan2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: sān chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: sin-thuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sintoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin³³ tʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/

Verb

薪傳

1. to pass from teacher to student, from generation to generation