| 传 | chuán | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) |
| 传 | zhuàn | biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station |
| 传统 | chuán tǒng | tradition; traditional; convention; conventional; CL:个 |
| 宣传 | xuān chuán | to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; CL:个 |
| 传播 | chuán bō | to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 传动 | chuán dòng | drive (transmission in an engine) |
| 传送 | chuán sòng | to convey; to deliver |
| 遗传 | yí chuán | heredity; inheritance; to transmit |
| 传递 | chuán dì | to transmit; to pass on to sb else |
| 传说 | chuán shuō | legend; folklore; tradition; it is said; they say that... |
| 传来 | chuán lái | to arrive (news) |
| 传热 | chuán rè | heat transfer; heat transmission |
| 流传 | liú chuán | to spread; to circulate; to hand down |
| 传达 | chuán dá | to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission |
| 传真 | chuán zhēn | fax; facsimile |
| 传染 | chuán rǎn | to infect; contagious |
| 相传 | xiāng chuán | to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that...; according to legend |
| 传教士 | chuán jiào shì | missionary |
| 传导 | chuán dǎo | to conduct (heat, electricity etc) |
| 传单 | chuán dān | leaflet; flier; pamphlet |
| 传授 | chuán shòu | to impart; to pass on; to teach |
| 遗传性 | yí chuán xìng | hereditary; inherited; genetic |
| 传染病 | chuán rǎn bìng | infectious disease; contagious disease; pestilence |
| 传动轴 | chuán dòng zhóu | drive shaft |
| 传奇 | chuán qí | legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty |
| 传票 | chuán piào | summons; subpoena; voucher |
| 传教 | chuán jiào | to preach; missionary; to evangelize |
| 传遍 | chuán biàn | to spread widely |
| 遗传物质 | yí chuán wù zhì | genetic material |
| 传感器 | chuán gǎn qì | sensor; transducer |
| 传布 | chuán bù | to spread; to hand down; to disseminate |
| 宣传部 | Xuān chuán Bù | Propaganda Department |
| 海上花列传 | hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn | The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular; translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang |
| 失传 | shī chuán | not transmitted; no longer extant; lost in transmission |
| 传记 | zhuàn jì | biography; CL:篇,部 |
| 列传 | liè zhuàn | historical biography |
| 热传导 | rè chuán dǎo | heat transfer; thermal conduction |
| 皮带传动 | pí dài chuán dòng | a leather drive belt |
| 传闻 | chuán wén | rumor |
| 据传 | jù chuán | it is rumored that...; it is reported that... |
| 传神 | chuán shén | vivid; lifelike |
| 传送带 | chuán sòng dài | conveyor belt; transmission belt |
| 祖传 | zǔ chuán | passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation |
| 遗传学 | yí chuán xué | genetics |
| 传动带 | chuán dòng dài | transmission belt |
| 传习 | chuán xí | teaching and learning; to study and impart |
| 短传 | duǎn chuán | short pass (in ball game) |
| 自传 | zì zhuàn | autobiography; self propagating |
| 传世 | chuán shì | handed down from ancient times; family heirloom |
| 传令 | chuán lìng | to transmit an order |
