# 遗传 (yíchuán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 遗传 (yíchuán) means “heredity; to inherit (a trait)”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: heredity; to inherit (a trait)
- Pinyin: yíchuán (yi2 chuan2)
- Traditional: 遺傳
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 她遗传了妈妈的大眼睛。
  Tā yíchuán le māma de dà yǎnjing.
  She inherited her mother's big eyes.

## Characters

- 遗 (yí): to leave behind
- [传](https://hanziro.com/word/chuan-pass-on/) (chuán): to pass on; to spread

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-chuan-heredity/

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