以訛傳訛

See also: 以讹传讹

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	error; exhort; false	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	error; exhort; false
trad. (以訛傳訛)		以	訛	傳	訛
simp. (以讹传讹)		以	讹	传	讹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐ'échuán'é

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): í-gô-toân-gô / í-gô-thoân-gô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ'échuán'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ-échuán-é
  - Wade–Giles: i³-o²-chʻuan²-o²
  - Yale: yǐ-é-chwán-é
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiierchwaner
  - Palladius: иэчуаньэ (iečuanʹe)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴
  - Yale: yíh ngóh chyùhn ngòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ngo⁵ tsyn⁴ ngo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ ngo⁵ qun⁴ ngo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ ŋɔː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-gô-toân-gô
  - Tâi-lô: í-gô-tuân-gô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: y'goi'doan'gooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡo²⁴⁻²² tuan²⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-gô-thoân-gô
  - Tâi-lô: í-gô-thuân-gô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: y'goi'toan'gooi
  - IPA (Tainan): /i⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ɡɤ²⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴⁻³³ ɡɤ²⁴/

Idiom

以訛傳訛

to incorrectly relay an erroneous message (so that it becomes increasingly distorted)
(games) telephone; Chinese whispers

Synonyms

訛以傳訛 / 讹以传讹

Dialectal synonyms of 以訛傳訛 (“to incorrectly relay an erroneous message”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		以訛傳訛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	以訛傳訛
Cantonese	Hong Kong	以訛傳訛
Southern Min	Xiamen	以訛傳訛, 以鵝傳鴨母
	Quanzhou	以鵝傳鴨母
	Zhangzhou	以鵝傳鴨母
	Tainan	以訛傳訛, 以鵝傳鴨母