風評被害

Chinese

		rumor; gossip; reputation rumor; gossip; reputation; name	to be murdered; to be assassinated; to be persecuted
trad. (風評被害)		風評	被害
simp. (风评被害)		风评	被害

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 風(ふう)評(ひょう)被(ひ)害(がい) (fūhyōhigai).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngpíng bèihài

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄏㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngpíng bèihài
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄏㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongpíng bèihài
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-pʻing² pei⁴-hai⁴
  - Yale: fēng-píng bèi-hài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengpyng beyhay
  - Palladius: фэнпин бэйхай (fɛnpin bɛjxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

風評被害

(Internet slang, intransitive) to be damaged by rumors

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	評	被	害
ふう Grade: 2	ひょう Grade: 5	ひ Grade: S	がい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふうひょーひがい [fùúhyóóhíꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ːço̞ːçiɡa̠i]

Noun

風(ふう)評(ひょう)被(ひ)害(がい) • (fūhyō higai) ^{←ふうひやうひがい (fuufyaufigai)^?}

damage caused by rumors; specifically, reputational damage due to improper news report about an unrelated incident or resulting in economic loss; acquiring a negative image through no fault of one's own

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN