传说 (chuán shuō): meaning and stroke order
传说 (chuán shuō) means legend; folk tale, to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that....
传说
- Simplified
- 传说
- Traditional
- 傳說
- Pinyin
- chuán shuō
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Stroke order of 传说
传
- chuán to pass on; to spread
- zhuàn biography; historical narrative
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 傳
Stroke by stroke
说
- shuì to persuade
- shuō to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment
- shuō variant of 說|说[shuo1]
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 說
Stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 传说
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chuán shuō
Traditional 傳說
- legend; folk tale
- to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
Radicals of the characters
- 传
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 6 strokes · 亻 on the left, 专 on the right
- 说
- Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 讠 on the left, 兑 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
传说 in our stories
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在中国的传说里，麒麟是一种很特别的神兽。
zài Zhōngguó de chuánshuō lǐ qílín shì yì zhǒng hěn tèbié de shénshòu
In Chinese legend, the qilin is a very special mythical beast.
From the story The qilin HSK 4
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在陆远的大学里，一直有一个传说：半夜十二点，老音乐楼里的钢琴会自己响起来。
zài Lù Yuǎn de dàxué lǐ yìzhí yǒu yí gè chuánshuō bànyè shí'èr diǎn lǎo yīnyuèlóu lǐ de gāngqín huì zìjǐ xiǎng qǐlai
At Lu Yuan's university there had long been a legend: at midnight, the piano in the old music building played by itself.
From the story The piano at midnight HSK 4
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传说很久以前，华山上住着一位女神，叫三圣母。
chuánshuō hěn jiǔ yǐqián Huà Shān shàng zhù zhe yí wèi nǚshén jiào Sānshèngmǔ
Legend says that long ago a goddess called Sanshengmu lived on Mount Hua.
From the story Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
Stories using 传说
- The qilin HSK 4
- The piano at midnight HSK 4
- Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).