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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ cyun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sin-thoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīnchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinchwan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinchuán
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chʻuan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ cyun⁴
  - Yale: sān chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ tsyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ qun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-thoân
  - Tâi-lô: sin-thuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sintoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin³³ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²³/

Verb

薪傳

to pass from teacher to student, from generation to generation

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