流言

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (流言)		流	言
simp. #(流言)		流	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-giân / liû-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuyán
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-yen²
    • Yale: lyóu-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouyan
    • Palladius: люянь (ljujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 流言 留言

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: làuh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ jiːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 流言 留言

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-giân
    • Tâi-lô: liû-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'gieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-gân
    • Tâi-lô: liû-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 流言

1. rumors; gossip

   • 但接著就有流言，說她們是受人利用的。 [MSC, trad.]
     但接着就有流言，说她们是受人利用的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1926, Lu Xun, “In Memory of Miss Liu Hezhen”

     Dàn jiēzhe jiù yǒu liúyán, shuō tāmen shì shòu rén lìyòng de. [Pinyin]

     But then came rumours, claiming that they were tools of other people.

Related terms

• 謠言／谣言 (yáoyán)

Verb

流言

1. (literary) to spread rumors