传闻 meaning in English

chuánwén

rumor

HSK 7-9verbnounTraditional 傳聞15 strokes

Meaning of 传闻

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuánwén
  1. rumor

传闻 in example sentences

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

看kàn来lái传chuán闻wén是shì真zhēn的de了le。
I think the rumor is true.
传chuán闻wén变biàn成chéng了liǎo事shì实shí。
The rumors became reality.
传chuán闻wén不bú是shì正zhèng确què的de。
The rumor isn't true.
传chuán闻wén被bèi爆bào是shì真zhēn的de。
The rumor turned out true.
我wǒ听tīng传chuán闻wén说shuō的de。
A little bird told me.

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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  2. 2
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  6. 6

闻 wén · to hear · 9 strokes

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  2. 2
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  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 传闻.

新闻xīnwénnews
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
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 传闻

What does 传闻 mean?

传闻 (chuánwén) means "rumor" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 传闻?

传闻 is made of 2 characters: 传 (6 strokes), 闻 (9 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 传闻 an HSK word?

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

How is 传闻 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 传闻 is written 傳聞.