Chinese symbol for “legend”
传说
chuán shuō
Traditional: 傳說
legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
The closest CC-CEDICT match for legend is 传说 (chuán shuō), defined as: legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that....
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “legend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 神话 (神話) | shén huà | legend; fairy tale |
| 图例 (圖例) | tú lì | legend (of a map, etc); diagram |
| 名宿 | míng sù | renowned senior figure; luminary; legend (in academia, sport etc) |
| 传奇人物 (傳奇人物) | chuán qí rén wù | legendary person; legend (i.e. person) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 传说.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 传统 (傳統) | chuán tǒng | tradition; traditional |
| 宣传 (宣傳) | xuān chuán | to disseminate; to give publicity to |
| 传播 (傳播) | chuán bō | to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 上传 (上傳) | shàng chuán | to upload |
| 传递 (傳遞) | chuán dì | to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive |
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
See also: Japanese symbol for “legend”.
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