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

沒有根據的話，多用於毀謗他人。

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

流言蜚語 liúyánfēiyǔ
  1. rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip
  2. lies and slanders
流言止於智者 liúyánzhǐyúzhìzhě

Related entries

傳聞 chuánwén rumor
我听传闻说的。

A little bird told me.

Source: Tatoeba

傳言 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

謠傳 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

謠言 yáoyán rumor
謠言是假的。

The rumors were false.

Source: Tatoeba

逸話 yìhuà
  1. rumor
  2. anecdote (not in the official record)
  3. apocryphal story
謠 yáo
  1. popular ballad
  2. rumor
風聲 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

飆口水 biāokǒushuǐ
  1. gossip
  2. idle chat
八卦 bāguà
  1. the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經 Yìjīng
  2. gossip
  3. gossipy
小廣播 xiǎoguǎngbō
  1. grapevine
  2. gossip
  3. to spread rumors
小道消息 xiǎodàoxiāoxi
  1. hearsay
  2. gossip
誹聞 fěiwén
  1. scandal
  2. gossip
說三道四 shuōsāndàosì
  1. to make thoughtless remarks (idiom)
  2. to criticize
  3. gossip
閒話 xiánhuà
  1. casual conversation
  2. chat
  3. gossip
  4. to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
口語 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

傳三過四 chuánsānguòsì
  1. to spread rumors
  2. to gossip
傳謠 chuányáo to spread rumors