HSK 5 · Verbs

宣传 xuānchuán “to publicise” in Chinese

Traditional 宣傳

What 宣传 means

  1. to publicise
  2. to promote
  3. publicity
  4. to disseminate
  5. to give publicity to

Measure word 个 gè · 一个宣传 yí ge xuānchuán

How to say 宣传

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale宣xuān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale传chuán2nd tone, rising

宣传 in a sentence

  1. 我们在电视上宣传我们的产品。

    Wǒmen zài diànshì shàng xuānchuán wǒmen de chǎnpǐn.

    We advertise our products on TV.

    Sentence #13278119 from Tatoeba

  2. 你不用担心宣传的事。

    Nǐ búyòng dānxīn xuānchuán de shì.

    You don’t need to worry about the publicity.

    Sentence #13907644 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 宣传由我来负责。

    Xuānchuán yóu wǒ lái fùzé.

    I’m in charge of publicity.

    Sentence #812454 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 宣传 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 宣 (xuān) with each of its parts in a different colour
宣xuānto declare
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 亘to extend across · gèn
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.

How to write 宣传

宣 9 strokes · 传 6 strokes

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

Words related to 宣传

Words with 宣

宣布xuānbù · to declare宣扬xuānyáng · to publicise宣誓xuānshì · to take an oath

Words with 传

传真chuánzhēn · fax传染chuánrǎn · to infect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

More words: Thinking & Talking

形容xíngróng · to describe吸取xīqǔ · to absorb叙述xùshù · to relate (a story or information)宣布xuānbù · to declare询问xúnwèn · to inquire演讲yǎnjiǎng · speech疑问yíwèn · question议论yìlùn · to comment

FAQs

宣传 (xuānchuán) means “to publicise” or “to promote”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xuānchuán: xuān with a 1st tone, then chuán with a 2nd 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, 宣传 is written 宣傳. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to publicise is 一个宣传 (yí ge xuānchuán).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuanchuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宣传 from the suggestions. Typing xuanchuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宣传 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.