妖言

妖言

Chinese

		goblin; witch; devil goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (妖言)		妖	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāoyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāoyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauyan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaoyán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: yīu yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/

Noun

妖言

1. heresy; fallacy

   你就別妖言惑眾了，弄得人心惶惶。 [MSC, trad.]
   你就别妖言惑众了，弄得人心惶惶。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ jiù bié yāoyán huòzhòng le, nòng dé rénxīnhuánghuáng. [Pinyin]

   Don't spread fallacies to deceive people. It is making everyone feel jittery.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
妖	言
およずれ Grade: S	こと > ごと Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

妖言 (hiragana およずれごと, rōmaji oyozuregoto)

1. baseless rumors about a person

Synonyms

• 妖 (およずれ) (oyozure)