传入 (chuán rù) — to spread to, to be introduced or imported to (of ideas, philosophies, customs, etc.)

Definition

verb
to spread toto be introduced or imported to (of ideas, philosophies, customs, etc.)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 传入。
    Fó jiào zài hàn dài chuán rù zhōng guó.
    Buddhism spread to China during the Han dynasty.
  • 传入。
    Zhè zhǒng wén huà xí sú shì cóng xī fāng chuán rù de.
    This cultural custom was introduced from the West.
  • 传入。
    Kā fēi zuì zǎo shì cóng fēi zhōu chuán rù yà zhōu de.
    Coffee was first introduced from Africa to Asia.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

传chuánspread
入rùenter

传 means spread and 入 means into; 传入 is spread into a place.

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.

Open 传 →

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

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Open 入 →

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