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流言

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
simp. and trad. (流言)		流	言

Noun

流言

rumors; gossip; scandal

Verb

流言

(literary) to spread rumors

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liúyán

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Min Nan (POJ): liû-giân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: liúyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouyan
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    流言
    留言
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-giân
  - Tâi-lô: liû-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liu'gieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² giɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ giɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ giɛn²³/