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传统 chuántǒng “tradition” in Chinese

Traditional 傳統

What 传统 means

  1. tradition
  2. traditional

How to say 传统

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale统tǒng3rd tone, dipping

传统 in a sentence

  1. 中秋节是中国的传统节日。

    Zhōngqiūjié shì Zhōngguó de chuántǒng jiérì.

    The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival.

    Sentence #1878419 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 用花迎春是中国的传统。

    Yòng huā yíng chūn shì Zhōngguó de chuántǒng.

    It is a Chinese tradition to welcome spring with flowers.

    Sentence #766015 from Tatoeba

  3. 近几年，很多当地的传统都衰败了。

    Jìn jǐ nián, hěn duō dāngdì de chuántǒng dōu shuāibài le.

    Many local traditions have died out in recent years.

    Sentence #2077798 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 传统 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 统 (tǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
统tǒngto gather
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 充to fill · chōngSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 充 (chōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǒng.

How to write 传统

传 6 strokes · 统 9 strokes

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

Words related to 传统

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传说chuánshuō · legend遗传yíchuán · genetic传达chuándá · to convey传授chuánshòu · to teach传单chuándān · leaflet

Words with 统

统一tǒngyī · to unify系统xìtǒng · system总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)统治tǒngzhì · to rule统计tǒngjì · statistics统统tǒngtǒng · all统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects

More words: Society & Law

鞭炮biānpào · firecrackers道德dàodé · virtue地位dìwèi · position敌人dírén · enemy罚款fákuǎn · to fine宗教zōngjiào · religion走私zǒusī · to smuggle罪犯zuìfàn · criminal

FAQs

传统 (chuántǒng) means “tradition” or “traditional”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chuántǒng: chuán with a 2nd tone, then tǒng with a 3rd 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, 传统 is written 傳統. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuantong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 传统 from the suggestions. Typing chuantong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
传统 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.