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:
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    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:
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    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): [ɾʲɨːɡẽ̞ɴ]

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^[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)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
流	言

Noun

流言 • (yueon) (hangeul 유언)

hanja form^? of 유언