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傳奇
cyun4 kei4 |
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legend; romance; saga | [synonym] 傳說 傳奇 has a standard reading of 'cyun4 kei4', literally meaning 'to hand down from the past some sort of drama or romantic stories with strange and miraculous plots. However, the variant reading of 'zyun6 kei4' is also popular due to confusion with 傳記 [zyun6 gei3] which means 'biography'.
[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,780,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:傳 cyun4 zyun6 - pass; spread; biography; story奇 kei4 gei1 - strange; rare; unexpected; surprise; odd |
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