流言

liúyán
  1. rumor
  2. gossip
  3. to spread rumors

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to spread rumors
  2. rumors; gossip
  3. to spread rumors

Wiktionary

没有根据的话，多用于毁谤他人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 流 liú
  1. to flow
  2. to disseminate
  3. to circulate or spread
  4. to move or drift
  5. to degenerate
  6. to banish or send into exile
  7. stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. class, rate or grade
2 言 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk

Containing this entry

流言蜚语 liúyánfēiyǔ
  1. rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip
  2. lies and slanders
流言止于智者 liúyánzhǐyúzhìzhě

Related entries

传闻 chuánwén rumor
我听传闻说的。

A little bird told me.

Source: Tatoeba

传言 chuányán
  1. rumor
  2. hearsay
我們的結論就是，那個傳言是真的。

We've come to the conclusion that this is a true story.

Source: Tatoeba

谣传 yáochuán rumor
谣传一架宇宙飞船在上海附近被见到了。

It is rumoured that a spaceship has been seen near Shanghai.

Source: Tatoeba

谣言 yáoyán rumor
謠言是假的。

The rumors were false.

Source: Tatoeba

逸话 yìhuà
  1. rumor
  2. anecdote (not in the official record)
  3. apocryphal story
谣 yáo
  1. popular ballad
  2. rumor
风声 fēngshēng
  1. sound of the wind
  2. rumor
  3. talk
  4. news
  5. reputation
他一嗅到风声不对，就逃之夭夭了。

Sensing danger, he ran away.

Source: Tatoeba

飙口水 biāokǒushuǐ
  1. gossip
  2. idle chat
八卦 bāguà
  1. the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经 Yìjīng
  2. gossip
  3. gossipy
小广播 xiǎoguǎngbō
  1. grapevine
  2. gossip
  3. to spread rumors
小道消息 xiǎodàoxiāoxi
  1. hearsay
  2. gossip
诽闻 fěiwén
  1. scandal
  2. gossip
说三道四 shuōsāndàosì
  1. to make thoughtless remarks (idiom)
  2. to criticize
  3. gossip
闲话 xiánhuà
  1. casual conversation
  2. chat
  3. gossip
  4. to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
口语 kǒuyǔ
  1. colloquial speech
  2. spoken language
  3. vernacular language
  4. slander
  5. gossip

classifier: 門

口语比书面语更贴近生活。

Spoken language is closer to life than written language.

Source: Tatoeba

传三过四 chuánsānguòsì
  1. to spread rumors
  2. to gossip
传谣 chuányáo to spread rumors