傳說

See also: 传说

Chinese

		to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (傳說/傳説)		傳	說/説
simp. (传说)		传	说

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuánshuō

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ syut³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòn-sot
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): toân-soat / thoân-soat / thoân-soeh

(Teochew, Peng'im): tuang⁵ suêh⁴ / tuêng⁵ suêh⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-seq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuánshuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuánshuo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-shuo¹
  - Yale: chwán-shwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanshuo
  - Palladius: чуаньшо (čuanʹšo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun⁴ syut³
  - Yale: chyùhn syut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ syt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ xud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ syːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòn-sot
  - Hakka Romanization System: con^ˇ sod^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: con² sod⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰon¹¹ sot̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toân-soat
  - Tâi-lô: tuân-suat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doansoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tuan²⁴⁻²² suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan²⁴⁻²² suat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoân-soat
  - Tâi-lô: thuân-suat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toansoad
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰuan¹³⁻²² suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰuan²³⁻³³ suat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoân-soeh
  - Tâi-lô: thuân-sueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toansoeq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰuan²³⁻³³ sueʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tuang⁵ suêh⁴ / tuêng⁵ suêh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thuâng sueh / thuêng sueh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sueʔ²/, /tʰueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sueʔ²/

Note: tuêng5 suêh4 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe-seq
  - MiniDict: zoe^去 seh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-seq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² səʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

傳說

legend; tale
傳說中的英雄／传说中的英雄 ― chuánshuō zhōng de yīngxióng ― legendary hero

傳說時代／传说时代 ― chuánshuō shídài ― legendary period

Derived terms

民間傳說／民间传说 (mínjiān chuánshuō)
都市傳說／都市传说 (dūshì chuánshuō)

Verb

傳說

it is said that; tradition has it that; according to legend

Synonyms

相傳／相传 (xiāngchuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (傳說):

→ Japanese: 伝説(でんせつ) (densetsu)
→ Korean: 전설(傳說) (jeonseol)
→ Vietnamese: truyền thuyết (傳說)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
傳	說
でん Jinmeiyō	せつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 傳說 – see the following entry.

【伝説でんせつ】

[noun] tradition

[noun] legend

[noun] folklore

(This term, 傳說, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
傳	說

Noun

傳說 • (jeonseol) (hangeul 전설)

hanja form^? of 전설 (“legend”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
傳	說

Noun

傳說

chữ Hán form of truyền thuyết (“legend”).