以訛傳訛

See also: 以讹传讹

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	error; exhort; false	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	error; exhort; false
trad. (以訛傳訛)		以	訛	傳	訛
simp. (以讹传讹)		以	讹	传	讹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ'échuán'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): í-gô-toân-gô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ'échuán'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ-échuán-é
    • Wade–Giles: i³-o²-chʻuan²-o²
    • Yale: yǐ-é-chwán-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiierchwaner
    • Palladius: иэчуаньэ (iečuanʹe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴
    • Yale: yíh ngóh chyùhn ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ngo⁵ tsyn⁴ ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ ngo⁵ qun⁴ ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ ŋɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-gô-toân-gô
    • Tâi-lô: í-gô-tuân-gô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y'goi'doan'gooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡo²⁴⁻²² tuan²⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/

Idiom

以訛傳訛

1. to incorrectly relay an erroneous message (so that it becomes increasingly distorted)
2. (games) telephone; Chinese whispers

Synonyms

• 訛以傳訛／讹以传讹

Dialectal synonyms of 以訛傳訛 (“to incorrectly relay an erroneous message”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		以訛傳訛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	以訛傳訛
Cantonese	Hong Kong	以訛傳訛
Southern Min	Xiamen	以訛傳訛
	Tainan	以鵝傳鴨母