HSK 6 · Education

传授 chuánshòu “to teach” in Chinese

Traditional 傳授

What 传授 means

  1. to teach
  2. to impart
  3. to pass on

How to say 传授

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale授shòu4th tone, falling

传授 in a sentence

  1. 老师傅把手艺传授给了年轻人。

    Lǎo shīfu bǎ shǒuyì chuánshòu gěi le niánqīngrén.

    The old master passed his craft on to the young people.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她愿意把自己的经验传授给大家。

    Tā yuànyì bǎ zìjǐ de jīngyàn chuánshòu gěi dàjiā.

    She’s happy to share her experience with everyone.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 传授 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 授 (shòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
授shòuto confer; to give
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 受to receive · shòuSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 受 (shòu) hints at the sound. Compare it with shòu.

How to write 传授

传 6 strokes · 授 11 strokes

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

Words related to 传授

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传单chuándān · leaflet

Words with 授

教授jiàoshòu · professor授予shòuyǔ · to award

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FAQs

传授 (chuánshòu) means “to teach” or “to impart”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuánshòu: chuán with a 2nd tone, then shòu with a 4th 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, 传授 is written 傳授. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuanshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 传授 from the suggestions. Typing chuanshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
传授 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.