Transmission in Chinese
transmission · HSK 6
传输
- 传 to pass on
- 输 to lose
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Other ways to say transmission
More words with 传 or 输
How do you say transmission in Chinese?
Transmission in Chinese is 传输 (chuán shū). You can also say 传播 (chuán bō).
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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