HSK 4 · Verbs

传真 chuánzhēn “fax” in Chinese

Traditional 傳真

What 传真 means

  1. fax
  2. facsimile

How to say 传真

  • 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真zhēn1st tone, high and level

传真 in a sentence

  1. 我前几天收到了你的传真。

    Wǒ qián jǐtiān shōudào le nǐ de chuánzhēn.

    I got your fax the other day.

    Sentence #802107 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 您能把地图传真给我吗？

    Nín néng bǎ dìtú chuánzhēn gěi wǒ ma?

    Could you fax me the map?

    Sentence #346811 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 请把它传真给我。

    Qǐng bǎ tā chuánzhēn gěi wǒ.

    Please fax it to me.

    Sentence #8800725 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 传真 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 真 (zhēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
真zhēnreally
  • 直straight · zhí
  • 几table · jī

How to write 传真

传 6 strokes · 真 10 strokes

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

Words related to 传真

Words with 传

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传单chuándān · leaflet

Words with 真

真zhēn · true认真rènzhēn · serious真正zhēnzhèng · genuine天真tiānzhēn · naive真实zhēnshí · true清真qīngzhēn · halal真挚zhēnzhì · sincere真理zhēnlǐ · truth真相zhēnxiàng · the truth

More words: Common Verbs

成为chéngwéi · to become乘坐chéngzuò · to ride (in a vehicle)抽烟chōuyān · to smoke (a cigarette出生chūshēng · to be born出现chūxiàn · to appear存cún · to exist打扮dǎban · to decorate倒dǎo · to fall

FAQs

传真 (chuánzhēn) means “fax” or “facsimile”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it chuánzhēn: chuán with a 2nd tone, then zhēn 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, 传真 is written 傳真. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuanzhen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 传真 from the suggestions. Typing chuanzhen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
传真 is an HSK 4 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.