HSK 5 · Media

传说 chuánshuō “legend” in Chinese

Traditional 傳說

What 传说 means

  1. legend
  2. folk tale
  3. it is said that
  4. to repeat from mouth to mouth
  5. they say that…

How to say 传说

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale传chuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale说shuō1st tone, high and level

传说 in a sentence

  1. 传说彭祖是天帝的孙子。

    Chuánshuō Péng Zǔ shì Tiāndì de sūnzi.

    Legend has it that Peng Zu was the grandson of the Emperor of Heaven.

    Sentence #1490523 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 神话和传说应该一代一代的传承下去。

    Shénhuà hé chuánshuō yīnggāi yí dài yí dài de chuánchéng xiàqu.

    Myths and legends should be passed down from generation to generation.

    Sentence #710765 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 传说 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 传 (chuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
传chuánto pass on
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 专concentrated · zhuānSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 专 (zhuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with chuán.

The character 说 (shuō) with each of its parts in a different colour
说shuōto speak; to talk; to say
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 兑cash · duìSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 兑 (duì) hints at the sound. Compare it with shuō.

How to write 传说

传 6 strokes · 说 9 strokes

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传说 (chuánshuō) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 传说 (chuánshuō). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 传说

Words with 传

传真chuánzhēn · fax传染chuánrǎn · to infect宣传xuānchuán · to publicise传播chuánbō · to disseminate流传liúchuán · to spread传统chuántǒng · tradition遗传yíchuán · genetic传达chuándá · to convey传授chuánshòu · to teach传单chuándān · leaflet

Words with 说

说shuō · to speak说话shuōhuà · to speak听说tīngshuō · to hear (it said that)说明shuōmíng · to explain小说xiǎoshuō · novel胡说húshuō · to talk nonsense据说jùshuō · it is said that说服shuōfú · to persuade说不定shuōbudìng · can’t say for sure学说xuéshuō · theory

More words: Media & Arts

播放bōfàng · to broadcast博物馆bówùguǎn · museum采访cǎifǎng · to interview出版chūbǎn · to publish动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film发表fābiǎo · to issue风格fēnggé · style角色juésè · role

FAQs

传说 (chuánshuō) means “legend” or “folk tale”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chuánshuō: chuán with a 2nd tone, then shuō with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 传说 is written 傳說. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuanshuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 传说 from the suggestions. Typing chuanshuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
传说 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.