传唤
chuán huàn
Pinyin

Definition

传唤
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chuán huàn
  1. a summons (to the police)
  2. subpoena

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上传
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to upload
传
chuán
  1. 1 to pass on
  2. 2 to spread
  3. 3 to transmit
  4. 4 to infect
  5. 5 to transfer
  6. 6 to circulate
  7. 7 to conduct (electricity)
传奇
chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
传统
chuán tǒng
  1. 1 tradition
  2. 2 traditional
  3. 3 convention
  4. 4 conventional
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
传说
chuán shuō
  1. 1 legend
  2. 2 folklore
  3. 3 to repeat from mouth to mouth
  4. 4 they say that...
召唤
zhào huàn
  1. 1 to summon
  2. 2 to beckon
  3. 3 to call
使唤
shǐ huàn
  1. 1 to order sb about
  2. 2 to use sb
传人
chuán rén
  1. 1 to teach
  2. 2 to impart
  3. 3 a disciple
  4. 4 descendant
传来
chuán lái
  1. 1 (of a sound) to come through
  2. 2 to be heard
  3. 3 (of news) to arrive
传出
chuán chū
  1. 1 to transmit outwards
  2. 2 to disseminate
  3. 3 efferent (nerve)
传动
chuán dòng
  1. 1 drive (transmission in an engine)
传媒
chuán méi
  1. 1 media
传情
chuán qíng
  1. 1 to pass on amorous feelings
  2. 2 to send one's love to sb
传承
chuán chéng
  1. 1 to pass on (to future generations)
  2. 2 passed on (from former times)
  3. 3 a continued tradition
  4. 4 an inheritance
传授
chuán shòu
  1. 1 to impart
  2. 2 to pass on
  3. 3 to teach
传播
chuán bō
  1. 1 to disseminate
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 to spread
传染
chuán rǎn
  1. 1 to infect
  2. 2 contagious
传染病
chuán rǎn bìng
  1. 1 infectious disease
  2. 2 contagious disease
  3. 3 pestilence
传球
chuán qiú
  1. 1 pass (in soccer)
  2. 2 to feed (ball)
传给
chuán gěi
  1. 1 to pass on to
  2. 2 to transfer to
  3. 3 to hand on to
  4. 4 to pass to (in football etc)

Idioms (20)

一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
  1. 1 not found in the classics (idiom); unknown
  2. 2 unfounded
  3. 3 not authoritative
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
代代相传
dài dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以讹传讹
yǐ é chuán é
  1. 1 to spread falsehoods
  2. 2 to increasingly distort the truth
  3. 3 to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
  1. 1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
只可意会，不可言传
zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
可以意会，不可言传
kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
名不虚传
míng bù xū chuán
  1. 1 lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation
  2. 2 enjoys a well-deserved reputation
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
  2. 2 fig. to stir up troubles
唤雨呼风
huàn yǔ hū fēng
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 to exercise magical powers
  3. 3 fig. to stir up troubles
  4. 4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]
好事不出门，恶事传千里
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
  2. 2 a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
家丑不可外传
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán
  1. 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn
  1. 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
  2. 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
恶事传千里
è shì chuán qiān lǐ
  1. 1 evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
捷报频传
jié bào pín chuán
  1. 1 victory reports pour in (idiom); news of success in an endless stream
树碑立传
shù bēi lì zhuàn
  1. 1 lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom)
  2. 2 to monumentalize
  3. 3 to glorify
  4. 4 to sing the praises of
圣经贤传
shèng jīng xián zhuàn
  1. 1 lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts

Sample Sentences

传唤李加良警官。
chuánhuàn Lǐ Jiāliáng jǐngguān 。
The court summons Officer Li Jialiang.
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是这样吗？审判长，现在我要求传唤证人吴忠和，也就是陈瑶请的私家侦探出庭作证。
shì zhèyàng ma ？shěnpànzhǎng ，xiànzài wǒ yāoqiú chuánhuàn zhèngren wúzhōnghé ，yějiùshì Chén Yáo qǐng de sījiāzhēntàn chūtíng zuòzhèng 。
Really? Your Honor, I now subpoena the witness, Wu Zhonghe, to testify in court. He's the private detective that Chen Yao hired.
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现在是控辩双方的问证时间。本庭传唤负责本案的李加良警官出庭作证。
xiànzài shì kòngbiànshuāngfāng de wènzhèng shíjiān 。běntíng chuánhuàn fùzé běn àn de Lǐ Jiāliáng jǐngguān chūtíng zuòzhèng 。
Now it's time for the cross-examination. The court calls Officer Li Jialiang, the officer in charge on this case, to testify.
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