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Definition 2024

相傳

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

Verb

相傳

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāngchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ cyun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): siong-toân / siong-thoân / siang-thoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāngchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangchwan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ cyun⁴
  - Yale: sēung chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ tsyn⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-toân
  - Tâi-lô: siong-tuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongdoaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ³³ tuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-thoân
  - Tâi-lô: siong-thuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongtoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-thoân
  - Tâi-lô: siang-thuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangtoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan¹³/