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传遍 (chuán biàn) — to spread widely, to be diffused throughout

Definition

传遍 emphasizes that something has reached every corner of a place — 'spread throughout' (a city, the world). It differs from 传播 in focusing on the wide, complete reach rather than the act of spreading itself.

verb
to spread widelyto be diffused throughout

Examples

  • 传遍。
    Zhè ge xiāo xi hěn kuài chuán biàn quán zhōng guó.
    This news quickly spread throughout all of China.
  • 传遍。
    Hù lián wǎng ràng zhī shi chuán biàn shì jiè de měi gè jiǎo luò.
    The internet allows knowledge to spread to every corner of the world.
  • 传遍。
    Tā de míng shēng zǎo yǐ chuán biàn quán qiú.
    His fame has long since spread all over the world.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

传chuánspread
遍biànall over

'传' (spread) plus '遍' (all over) gives spread throughout.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk; movement
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn遍biàn
Same sound today

遍 combines 辶, a mark for walking or movement, with 扁, which gives the sound biǎn.

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