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緋聞

緋聞

See also: 绯闻

Chinese

		dark red; purple silk	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (緋聞)		緋	聞
simp. (绯闻)		绯	闻

Noun

緋聞

rumours of sex scandals

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fēiwén, fěiwén

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟㄨㄣˊ, ㄈㄟˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ man⁴, fei² man⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hui-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
  - Pinyin: fēiwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiwen
  - IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: fěiwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feeiwen
  - IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei¹ man⁴, fei² man⁴
  - Yale: fēi màhn, féi màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ man⁴, fei² man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/, /fei̯³⁵ mɐn²¹/
  - Note: fei2 man4 - common variant.
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: hui-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hui'buun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/