Songs can be heard in the distance.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
传来
(of a sound) to come through
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(of a sound) to come through
02
to be heard
03
(of news) to arrive
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 传来 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 传来 appears in 13 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I could hear sirens in the distance.
I heard a dog barking in the distance.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 传来.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 传来.
Directly before
- 远处传来5
- 后传来1
- 厨房传来1
- 外面传来1
- 路上传来1
Directly after
- 传来一下2
- 传来了2
- 传来狗叫声1
- 传来歌声1
- 传来的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 传来
What does 传来 mean in Chinese?
传来 (chuánlái) means (of a sound) to come through.
How do you pronounce 传来?
传来 is pronounced chuánlái.
Is 传来 an HSK word?
传来 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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