Japanese Word Entry
中國傳來Simplified Japanese form: 中国伝来
| Kana: | ちゅうごくでんらい |
| Romaji: | chuugokudenrai |
| Definition: | imported (transmitted) from China |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 中 | in, inside, middle, mean, center, central, in the midst of, hit (target), attain |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄨㄥ (zhōng), ㄓㄨㄥˋ (zhòng) |
| Cantonese: | zung1 |
| Japanese: | チュウ (chuu) / なか (naka)、 うち (uchi)、 あた.る (ataru) |
| Korean: | 중 (jung) |
| Vietnamese: | trung, trúng |
| 國 | country, nation, nation-state |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄨㄛˊ (guó) |
| Cantonese: | gwok3 |
| Japanese: | コク (koku) / くに (kuni) |
| Korean: | 국 (gug) |
| Vietnamese: | quốc |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 国 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 国 |
| Semantic variant form: | 囯 |
| 傳 | summon, propagate, transmit |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄔㄨㄢˊ (chuán), ㄓㄨㄢˋ (zhuàn) |
| Cantonese: | cyun4 |
| Japanese: | テン (ten)、 デン (den) / つた.わる (tsutawaru)、 つた.える (tsutaeru)、 つた.う (tsutau)、 つて (tsute) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | truyện, truyền, truyến |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 传 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 伝 |
| 來 | come, due, next, cause, become, coming, return, returning |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄌㄞˊ (lái), ㄌㄞˋ (lài) |
| Cantonese: | loi4 |
| Japanese: | ライ (rai)、 タイ (tai) / く.る (kuru)、 きた.る (kitaru)、 きた.す (kitasu) |
| Korean: | 래 (rae), 내 (nae) |
| Vietnamese: | lai, lãi |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 来 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 来 |