Definition

1. Verb:
   • To transmit; to transfer: To cause something (such as energy, a signal, or a substance) to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
   • To pass down; to hand down: To give or leave something (such as knowledge, tradition, or property) to a successor or a younger generation.
   • To spread; to disseminate: To cause information, news, or a disease to become known or communicated to many people or places.
   • To infuse; to administer: To introduce a substance, typically a fluid like blood or medicine, directly into a person's body, often intravenously.
   • (Archaic) To command; to order: To give an official or authoritative instruction.

Usage Examples

• To transmit:
  • Vệ tinh truyền tín hiệu về Trái Đất. (The satellite transmits signals to Earth.)
• To pass down:
  • Ông bà truyền lại nhiều câu chuyện cổ tích. (Grandparents pass down many fairy tales.)
• To spread:
  • Đài phát thanh truyền tin khẩn cấp. (The radio station broadcast the emergency news.)
• To infuse:
  • Bác sĩ cần truyền dịch cho bệnh nhân. (The doctor needs to administer an IV drip to the patient.)
• To command (archaic):
  • Nhà vua truyền lệnh triệu tập quân đội. (The king commanded the army to assemble.)

Advanced Usage

• "truyền hình": television; to televise. (Note: This is a compound noun/verb, listed here as a common derivative).
  • Sự kiện được truyền hình trực tiếp. (The event was televised live.)
• "truyền thống": tradition. (Note: This is a compound noun).
  • Họ giữ gìn truyền thống gia đình. (They preserve the family tradition.)

Variants and Related Words

• Truyền đạt (v): to convey, to impart (information or knowledge).
  • Giáo viên truyền đạt bài học rõ ràng. (The teacher conveys the lesson clearly.)
• Truyền bá (v): to propagate, to disseminate (ideas, religion).
  • Họ truyền bá tư tưởng mới. (They propagate new ideas.)
• Truyền nhiễm (v): to be infectious; to infect.
  • Cảm cúm là bệnh dễ truyền nhiễm. (The flu is an easily infectious disease.)
• Truyền tải (v): to convey, to carry (loads, power, data).
  • Đường dây điện truyền tải điện năng. (The power line transmits electrical energy.)

Synonyms

• Transmit: to send or pass from one to another.
• Convey: to communicate or make known.
• Impart: to give or share (knowledge).
• Disseminate: to spread widely.
• Bequeath: to hand down (property, knowledge).

Related Idioms

• Cha truyền con nối: From father to child; a tradition or occupation passed through generations.
  • Nghề thủ công này theo lối cha truyền con nối. (This craft is passed down from father to child.)
• Truyền thuyết: legend; a traditional story.
  • Truyền thuyết về vua Hùng. (The legend of the Hung Kings.)

verb

1. to communicate, to transmit to hand down