風評被害

Chinese

		rumor; gossip; reputation rumor; gossip; reputation; name	to be murdered; to be assassinated; to be persecuted
trad. (風評被害)		風評	被害
simp. (风评被害)		风评	被害

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 風(ふう)評(ひょう)被(ひ)害(がい) (fūhyōhigai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngpíng bèihài

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄏㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngpíng bèihài
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongpíng bèihài
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-pʻing² pei⁴-hai⁴
    • Yale: fēng-píng bèi-hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengpyng beyhay
    • Palladius: фэнпин бэйхай (fɛnpin bɛjxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

風評被害

1. (Internet slang, intransitive) to be damaged by rumors

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	評	被	害
ふう Grade: 2	ひょう Grade: 5	ひ Grade: S	がい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふうひょーひ​がい [fùúhyóóhíꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝːço̞ːçiɡa̠i]

Noun

風(ふう)評(ひょう)被(ひ)害(がい) • (fūhyō higai) ^{←ふうひやうひがい (fuufyaufigai)?}

1. damage caused by rumors; specifically, reputational damage due to improper news report about an unrelated incident or resulting in economic loss; acquiring a negative image through no fault of one's own