"Gossip" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word |   |
| 聊天 |  liáo tiān | to chat / to gossip | |
| 闲话 | xián huà | casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind) | |
| 八卦 | bā guà | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / gossip / gossipy | |
| 口语 | kǒu yǔ | colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2] | |
| 流言 | liú yán | rumor / gossip / to spread rumors | |
| 小道消息 | xiǎo dào xiāo xi | hearsay / gossip | |
| 说三道四 | shuō sān dào sì | to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) / to criticize / gossip | |
| 道听途说 | dào tīng tú shuō | gossip / hearsay / rumor | |
| 流言蜚语 | liú yán fēi yǔ | rumors and slanders (idiom) / gossip / lies and slanders | |
| 嚼舌 | jiáo shé | to gossip / to argue unnecessarily | |
| 唠嗑 | lào kē | (dialect) to chat / to gossip | |
| 摆龙门阵 | bǎi lóng mén zhèn | chat / gossip / spin a yarn | |
| 唠 | lào | to gossip / to chat (dialect) | |
| 说长道短 | shuō cháng dào duǎn | lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom) / to gossip | |
| 论长道短 | lùn cháng dào duǎn | lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom) / to gossip | |
| 东家长西家短 | dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn | to gossip (idiom) | |
| 传三过四 | chuán sān guò sì | to spread rumors / to gossip | |
| 閒话 | xián huà | gossip | |
| 侃大山 | kǎn dà shān | to chatter idly / to gossip / to boast or brag | |
| 噏 | xī | to gossip / to babble (Cantonese) | |
| 嚼舌根 | jiáo shé gēn | to gossip / to argue unnecessarily | |
| 烂舌头 | làn shé tóu | to gossip / to blab / a blab-mouth | |
| 诽闻 | fěi wén | scandal / gossip | |
| 讲闲话 | jiǎng xián huà | to gossip / to make unfavorable comments | |
| 飙口水 | biāo kǒu shuǐ | gossip / idle chat | |
| 嚼舌头 | jiáo shé tóu | to gossip / to argue unnecessarily | |
| 小广播 | xiǎo guǎng bō | grapevine / gossip / to spread rumors | |
| 拉呱 | lā gua | (dialect) to chat / to gossip | |
| 说闲话 | shuō xián huà | to chat / to gossip | |
| 喇赛 | lā sài | (slang) (Tw) to chat idly / to gossip / from Taiwanese 抐屎, Tai-lo pr. [lā-sái] | |
| 口舌 | kǒu shé | dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round | |
| 空话 | kōng huà | empty talk / bunk / malicious gossip | |
| 闲言碎语 | xián yán suì yǔ | idle gossip / irrelevant nonsense / slanderous rumor | |
| 话柄 | huà bǐng | a pretext for gossip / a matter for derision | |
| 人言可畏 | rén yán kě wèi | gossip is a fearful thing (idiom) | |
| 蜚语 | fēi yǔ | groundless rumor / unfounded gossip | |
| 长舌妇 | cháng shé fù | female gossip / busybody | |
| 街谈巷议 | jiē tán xiàng yì | (idiom) town gossip / streetcorner conversations | |
| 耍贫嘴 | shuǎ pín zuǐ | (coll.) to wag one's tongue / to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes / to chatter endlessly / to speak glibly | |
| 蜚短流长 | fēi duǎn liú cháng | to spread malicious gossip / also written 飛短流長|飞短流长[fei1 duan3 liu2 chang2] | |
| 飞短流长 | fēi duǎn liú cháng | to spread malicious gossip | |
| 詗 | xiòng | clever / to gossip / to spy | |
| 不恤人言 | bù xù rén yán | not to worry about the gossip (idiom) / to do the right thing regardless of what others say | |
| 弄嘴弄舌 | nòng zuǐ nòng shé | to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom) | |
| 陈谷子烂芝麻 | chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma | lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip | |
| 花边新闻 | huā biān xīn wén | media gossip / sensational news | |
| 闲言闲语 | xián yán xián yǔ | idle gossip | |
| 口实 | kǒu shí | food / salary (old) / a pretext / a cause for gossip | |
| 多嘴多舌 | duō zuǐ duō shé | to gossip and meddle / to shoot one's mouth off / talkative | |
| 家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 | 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. | |
| 幕后花絮 | mù hòu huā xù | news from behind the scenes / stage gossip | |
| 张家长，李家短 | Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn | lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom) / to gossip about the neighbors | |
| 脚正不怕鞋歪 | jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi | lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom) | |
| 闲聊天 | xián liáo tiān | to chat / idle gossip | |
| 予人口实 | yǔ rén kǒu shí | to give cause for gossip | |
| 家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 | 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. | |
| 吃瓜 | chī guā | (neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it | |
