流言 meaning in English

liúyán

rumor; gossip

17 strokes

Meaning of 流言

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

流言 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

人rén们men唯wéi一yī不bù喜xǐ欢huān流liú言yán蜚fēi语yǔ的de时shí间jiān,就jiù是shì当dāng你nǐ讨tǎo论lùn他tā们men自zì己jǐ的de时shí候hòu。
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

Stroke order for each character

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流 liú · to flow · 10 strokes

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言 yán · words · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 流言.

语言yǔyánlanguage
流行liúxíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc)
流利liúlìfluent
交流jiāoliúto exchange; exchange
发言fāyánto make a speech; statement
流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
潮流cháoliútide; current
一流yīliútop quality; front ranking
言语yányǔwords; speech
流动liúdòngto flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流通liútōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
留言liúyánto leave a message; to leave one's comments; message

Questions about 流言

What does 流言 mean?

流言 (liúyán) means "rumor; gossip".

How do you write 流言?

流言 is made of 2 characters: 流 (10 strokes), 言 (7 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.