粵

家gaa1傳cyun4

simp家传
gaa1 cyun4jiā chuánjiā zhuàn

English

  1. handed down in a family
  2. family history (as a literary genre)
  3. to be handed down from the older generations of the family
  4. family traditions

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺家族入面一代傳一代嘅

Examples

  • 家傳之寶

    heirloom; a precious item that has been passed down for generations

  • 家傳藥方

    proprietary family recipe for a medicine

  • 日本同香港都好重視教育、工作倫理同創新。香港嘅文化價值觀,受到儒家傳統同西方做法嘅影響,同日本嘅社會規範有共鳴。

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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