薪傳
Chinese
| fuel; salary | to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (薪傳) | 薪 | 傳 | |
| simp. (薪传) | 薪 | 传 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xīnchuán
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sinchuán
- Wade–Giles: hsin1-chʻuan2
- Yale: syīn-chwán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinchwan
- Palladius: синьчуань (sinʹčuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: san1 cyun4
- Yale: sān chyùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: san1 tsyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: sen1 qun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-thoân
- Tâi-lô: sin-thuân
- Phofsit Daibuun: sintoaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ tʰuan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
薪傳
- to pass from teacher to student, from generation to generation