以訛傳訛

以訛傳訛

See also: 以讹传讹

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	error; exhort; false	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	error; exhort; false
trad. (以訛傳訛)		以	訛	傳	訛
simp. (以讹传讹)		以	讹	传	讹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ é chuán é

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐ é chuán é
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyi er chwan er
    • IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴
    • Yale: yíh ngóh chyùhn ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ngo⁵ tsyn⁴ ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ ngo⁵ qun⁴ ngo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ ŋɔː¹³ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹ ŋɔː²¹/

Idiom

以訛傳訛

1. to incorrectly relay an erroneous message (so that it becomes increasingly distorted)