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:

      [Show/Hide]
      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

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.

Synonyms

• (literary) 蜚言 (fěiyán)
• (literary) 浮言 (fúyán)

Derived terms

• 流言止於智者 / 流言止于智者 (liúyán zhǐ yú zhìzhě)
• 流言混語 / 流言混语
• 流言蜚語 / 流言蜚语 (liúyánfēiyǔ)
• 流言飛文 / 流言飞文

 

Related terms

• 謠言／谣言 (yáoyán)

Verb

流言

1. (literary) to spread rumors

Derived terms

• 流言惑眾 / 流言惑众

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	言
りゅう Grade: 3	げん Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りゅうげん [ryùúgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

流(りゅう)言(げん) • (ryūgen) ^{←りうげん (riugen)?}

1. rumor

   Synonyms: デマ (dema), 風説 (fūsetsu), 浮言 (fugen), 流説 (ryūsetsu)

   • 1936, Unno Jūza, Kūshū keibō‎^[1]:

     「ねえ兼(かね)ちゃん。向(む)こうで皆(みんな)を集(あつ)めてしゃべっている背(せ)広(びろ)男(おとこ)がいるだろう。あいつけしからん流(りゅう)言(げん)をはなっているのだよ」

     “Nē Kane-chan. Mukō de minna o atsumete shabette iru sebiro otoko ga iru darō. Aitsu keshikaran ryūgen o hanatte iru no dayo”

     “Look, Kane-chan. You can see a man in a suit gathering everyone and talking over there, can't you? That guy is spreading an outrageous rumor.”

Derived terms

• 流(りゅう)言(げん)飛(ひ)語(ご) (ryūgen higo)
• 流(りゅう)言(げん)は知(ち)者(しゃ)に止(とど)まる (ryūgen wa chisha ni todomaru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
流	言

Noun

流言 • (yueon) (hangeul 유언)

1. hanja form^? of 유언