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传真

chuán zhēn · chuan zhen

Traditional 傳真

HSK 5Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. fax
  2. facsimile
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What is this old machine?

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，这个(zhège)旧(jiù)机器(jīqì)是(shì)什么(shénme)？

    Liangliang, what is this old machine?

  2. Liangliang

    这是(zhèshì)传真机(chuánzhēnjī)。以前(yǐqián)人们(rénmen)用(yòng)它(tā)传真(chuánzhēn)合同(hétong)。

    It is a fax machine. People used it to fax contracts.

  3. Dengdeng

    传真(chuánzhēn)？就(jiù)是(shì)发(fā)图片(túpiàn)吗(ma)？

    Fax? Is that sending a picture?

  4. Liangliang

    差不多(chàbuduō)，不过(bùguò)很(hěn)慢(màn)。

    More or less, but it is slow.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)传真(chuánzhēn)一(yī)张(zhāng)我(wǒ)的(de)照片(zhàopiàn)给(gěi)琦琦(qíqí)。

    I want to fax a photo of myself to Qiqi.

  6. Liangliang

    她(tā)会(huì)收到(shōudào)一个(yīgè)黑白(hēibái)的(de)灯灯(dēngdēng)！

    She will get a black and white Dengdeng!

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)不(bù)知(zhī)道(dào)如(rú)何(hé)传(chuán)真(zhēn)。

I have no idea of how to send a fax.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)不(bù)知(zhī)道(dào)以(yǐ)前(qián)怎(zěn)样(yàng)，但(dàn)现(xiàn)在(zài)我(wǒ)们(men)有(yǒu)传(chuán)真(zhēn)和(hé)电(diàn)子(zǐ)邮(yóu)件(jiàn)。

I don't know about the past, but now we have faxes and emails.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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