传诵

傳誦
chuánsòng
verb #57,579

Meanings

  1. 1 to be widely recited
  2. 2 to be passed on from mouth to mouth

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè shǒu shī bèi rénmen chuánsòng le yìqiān duō nián.
This poem has been recited for more than a thousand years.
HSK 7-9
Tā jiùrén de shìjì zài cūn lǐ chuánsòng zhìjīn.
The story of how he saved people is still told in the village today.

Tips

mistakes
Used for poems, lines and good deeds that people keep repeating: 广为传诵 (widely recited), 千古传诵 (recited through the ages). Don't confuse it with 传颂, same sound but written with 颂 'to praise': that one means to spread someone's praises. 诵 is 'to recite'.

Stroke Order

传 chuán
诵 sòng