HSK 6 · Media

传单 chuándān “leaflet” in Chinese

Traditional 傳單

What 传单 means

  1. leaflet
  2. flyer
  3. flier
  4. pamphlet

How to say 传单

  • 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单dān1st tone, high and level

传单 in a sentence

  1. 有人在街上发广告传单。

    Yǒurén zài jiēshang fā guǎnggào chuándān.

    Someone is handing out advertising flyers in the street.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们印了很多传单来宣传活动。

    Wǒmen yìn le hěn duō chuándān lái xuānchuán huódòng.

    We printed lots of leaflets to promote the event.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 传单 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 单 (dān) drawn as one shape
单dānbill

单 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 传单

传 6 strokes · 单 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 传单

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

Words with 单

菜单càidān · menu简单jiǎndān · simple名单míngdān · list of names单纯dānchún · simple单调dāndiào · monotonous单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)单元dānyuán · unit (forming an entity)单独dāndú · alone床单chuángdān · bed sheet

More words: Media & Arts

扮演bànyǎn · to play the role of曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)标题biāotí · title布告bùgào · notice创作chuàngzuò · to create雕刻diāokè · to carve雕塑diāosù · sculpture对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)

FAQs

传单 (chuándān) means “leaflet” or “flyer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuándān: chuán with a 2nd tone, then dān 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, 传单 is written 傳單. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuandan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 传单 from the suggestions. Typing chuandan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
传单 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.