Chinese symbol for “transmit”
传递
chuán dì
Traditional: 傳遞
to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transmit is 传递 (chuán dì), defined as: to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “transmit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发送 (發送) | fā sòng | to transmit; to dispatch |
| 传输 (傳輸) | chuán shū | to transmit; transmission |
| 导 (導) | dǎo | to transmit; to lead |
| 转发 (轉發) | zhuǎn fā | to transmit; to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) |
| 送 | sòng | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 传递.
| 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 |
| 传说 (傳說) | chuán shuō | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... |
| 上传 (上傳) | shàng chuán | to upload |
| 快递 (快遞) | kuài dì | express delivery |
| 递交 (遞交) | dì jiāo | to present; to give |
| 递增 (遞增) | dì zēng | to increase by degrees; in increasing order |
See also: Japanese symbol for “transmit”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.