传授 meaning in English

chuánshòu

to impart; to pass on; to teach

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 傳授17 strokes

Meaning of 传授

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuánshòu
  1. to impart; to pass on; to teach

传授 in example sentences

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

花huā代dài价jià所suǒ换huàn来lái的de一yì点diǎn才cái智zhì,抵dǐ过guò别bié人rén传chuán授shòu的de数shù倍bèi不bù止zhǐ。
An ounce of wit that is bought is worse a pound that is taught.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

传 chuán · to pass on · 6 strokes

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授 shòu · to award · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 传授.

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
教授jiàoshòuto teach (a subject)
传统chuántǒngtradition; traditional
遗传yíchuánheredity; to inherit (a trait)
流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
传达chuándáto pass on; to convey
传递chuándìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
传真chuánzhēnto fax; a fax
传言chuányánrumor; hearsay

Questions about 传授

What does 传授 mean?

传授 (chuánshòu) means "to impart; to pass on; to teach" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 传授?

传授 is made of 2 characters: 传 (6 strokes), 授 (11 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 传授 an HSK word?

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

How is 传授 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 传授 is written 傳授.