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
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