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

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]
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    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

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

(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])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨᵝːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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

rumor
Synonyms: デマ (dema), 風説 (fūsetsu), 浮言 (fugen), 流説 (ryūsetsu)
- 1936, Unno Jūza, Kūshū keibō‎:
  
  「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)

References

Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
流	言

Noun

流言 • (yueon) (hangeul 유언)

Hanja form^? of 유언.

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