"rumors" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
坊间传言坊間傳言	fāng jiān chuán yán	rumors / the word on the street

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
妖言惑众妖言惑眾	yāo yán huò zhòng	to mislead the public with rumors (idiom) / to delude the people with lies	syn
流言	liú yán	rumor / gossip / to spread rumors	syn
多嘴	duō zuǐ	talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly	syn
流言蜚语流言蜚語	liú yán fēi yǔ	rumors and slanders (idiom) / gossip / lies and slanders	syn
放毒	fàng dú	to poison / (fig.) to spread vicious rumors	syn
播	bō	(bound form) to sow (seeds) / to spread (ideas, rumors etc) / to broadcast (radio signals etc) / Taiwan pr. [bo4]	syn
众口铄金眾口鑠金	zhòng kǒu shuò jīn	lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
传三过四傳三過四	chuán sān guò sì	to spread rumors / to gossip
传谣傳謠	chuán yáo	to spread rumors
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信	jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn	Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
放话放話	fàng huà	to give orders / to spread news or rumors / to leak certain information intentionally
谣言惑众謠言惑衆	yáo yán huò zhòng	to mislead the public with rumors / to delude the people with lies	syn
听风就是雨聽風就是雨	tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ	lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom) / to believe rumors / to be credulous
小广播小廣播	xiǎo guǎng bō	grapevine / gossip / to spread rumors
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信	jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn	Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
网传網傳	wǎng chuán	(of video clips, rumors etc) to circulate on the Internet
内传內傳	nèi zhuàn	biography recounting apocryphal anecdotes and rumors / (old) book of exegesis of a classic

The four tones