一传 (yī chuán) — first pass (in volleyball); reception

Definition

In volleyball, the first pass (reception) — the team's first contact with the serve or attack, aimed at setting up the setter. Success here drives the whole rally; weak 一传 usually means lost points.

noun
first pass (in volleyball)reception
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 一传。
    Tā de yī chuán hěn wěn dìng.
    His first pass is very stable.
  • 一传。
    Zhè ge duì yuán de yī chuán jì shù hěn hǎo.
    This player's first pass technique is very good.
  • ，一传。
    Zài bǐ sài zhōng, yī chuán fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    In a match, the first pass is very important.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

一yīfirst
传chuánpass

The 一 part specifies the 传 part, naming the initial reception in volleyball.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傳; 传 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān傳chuán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傳 puts 人 (man) beside 專, which gives the sound; the simplified 传 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not the historical ones.

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