传奇 meaning in English

chuánqí

legendary; fantasy saga

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 傳奇14 strokes

Meaning of 传奇

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuánqí
  1. legendary
  2. fantasy saga
  3. romance
  4. short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty

传奇 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

Bill 在zài这zhè间jiān公gōng司sī仍réng然rán是shì个gè传chuán奇qí人rén物wù。
Bill is still a legendary figure in this company.
肯kěn尼ní迪dí总zǒng统tǒng被bèi刺cì杀shā了le,但dàn是shì他tā的de传chuán奇qí会huì永yǒng久jiǔ长cháng存cún。
President Kennedy was killed, but his legend will live on forever.
那nà是shì一yí个gè给gěi我wǒ们men带dài来lái无wú穷qióng乐lè趣qù的de传chuán奇qí性xìng的de演yǎn出chū。
It was a fabulous show which brought us an endless delight.

Stroke order for each character

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传 chuán · to pass on · 6 strokes

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奇 qí · strange · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 传奇.

奇怪qíguàistrange; odd
好奇hàoqíinquisitive; curious
传说chuánshuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
宣传xuānchuánto disseminate; to give publicity to
传播chuánbōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
传来chuánlái(of a sound) to come through; to be heard
传统chuántǒngtradition; traditional
遗传yíchuánheredity; to inherit (a trait)
流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
神奇shénqímagical; mystical
传达chuándáto pass on; to convey
传递chuándìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive

Questions about 传奇

What does 传奇 mean?

传奇 (chuánqí) means "legendary; fantasy saga" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 传奇?

传奇 is made of 2 characters: 传 (6 strokes), 奇 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 传奇 an HSK word?

Yes. 传奇 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 传奇 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 传奇 is written 傳奇.