傳疑

Chinese

		to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect
trad. (傳疑)		傳	疑
simp. (传疑)		传	疑
Literally: “to pass on the uncertainty”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuányí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuányí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuányí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-i²
    • Yale: chwán-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanyi
    • Palladius: чуаньи (čuanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ i³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drjwen ngi

Rime
Character	傳	疑
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直攣切	語其切
Baxter	drjwen	ngi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiuᴇn/	/ŋɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖʷᵚiɛn/	/ŋɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuæn/	/ŋie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖwian/	/ŋɨ/
Li Rong	/ȡjuɛn/	/ŋiə/
Wang Li	/ȡĭwɛn/	/ŋĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯wɛn/	/ŋi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuán	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun4	ji4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tron  [ŋ](r)ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*don  ŋɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	傳	疑
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuán	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ drjwen ›	‹ ngi ›
Old Chinese	/*m-tron/	/*[ŋ](r)ə/ (< uvular)
English	transmit	doubt
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	傳	疑
Reading #	2/3	1/1
No.	17678	14894
Phonetic component	專	疑
Rime group	元	之
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	椽	疑
Old Chinese	/*don/	/*ŋɯ/
Notes		甲金文象人行道回顧遲疑狀， 金文或加牛聲後訛爲子， 非矢聲

Verb

傳疑

1. (chiefly literary) to leave what is doubtful or uncertain as it is out of prudence; to consign an uncertain matter to future study

   • 《春秋》之義，信以傳信，疑以傳疑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     《春秋》之义，信以传信，疑以传疑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Guliang, circa 206 BCE– 9 CE

     “Chūnqiū” zhī yì, xìn yǐ chuánxìn, yí yǐ chuányí. [Pinyin]

     The meaning implied in the Spring and Autumn is that facts should be stated truthfully but doubts left open as records of doubt.

Related terms

• 存疑 (cúnyí)