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失传 (shī chuán) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

失传 (shī chuán) is a Chinese word: to be lost (of knowledge, skills, or traditions). This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 失传

动 dòng verb

to be lost (of knowledge, skills, or traditions)

这门手艺已经失传了。

zhè mén shǒu yì yǐ jīng shī chuán le

This craft has been lost.

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Word breakdown

失 shī — to lose, be lost

传 chuán — transmission, passing down

Structure & writing
1 失 shī — to lose; to be deprived of (opposite of 得)
失 is a component in 4 characters

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2 传 chuán — to pass from one party to another; to hand down from generation to generation
Xpinyin

传 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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