Legend in Chinese
legend · HSK 5
传说
- 传 to pass on
- 说 to speak
Counted with 个: 一个传说
这个湖有一个美丽的传说。 There is a beautiful legend about this lake.
Other ways to say legend
More words with 传 or 说
How do you say legend in Chinese?
Legend in Chinese is 传说 (chuán shuō). You can also say 神话 (shén huà).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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