流言蜚語

Chinese

		rumors; gossip; to spread rumors	groundless rumor; unfounded gossip; slander
trad. (流言蜚語)		流言	蜚語
simp. (流言蜚语)		流言	蜚语
alternative forms		流言飛語／流言飞语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúyánfēiyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄟ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ jin⁴ fei¹ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúyánfēiyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄟ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuyánfeiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-yen²-fei¹-yü³
    • Yale: lyóu-yán-fēi-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouyanfeiyeu
    • Palladius: люяньфэйюй (ljujanʹfɛjjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ jin⁴ fei¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: làuh yìhn fēi yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ jin⁴ fei¹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ yin⁴ féi¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ jiːn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 流言蜚語

1. rumor and slander; gossip

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	言	蜚	語
りゅう Grade: 3	げん Grade: 2	ひ Hyōgai	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 流言蜚語 – see the following entry.

【流言飛語りゅうげんひご】 [noun] false rumor, canard

(This term, 流言蜚語, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)