Chinese symbol for “hearsay”
小道消息
xiǎo dào xiāo xi
hearsay; gossip
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hearsay is 小道消息 (xiǎo dào xiāo xi), defined as: hearsay; gossip.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hearsay”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 听说 (聽說) | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 道听途说 (道聽途說) | dào tīng tú shuō | gossip; hearsay; rumor |
| 传言 (傳言) | chuán yán | rumor; hearsay |
| 传闻证据 (傳聞證據) | chuán wén zhèng jù | hearsay (law) |
| 牙慧 | yá huì | repetition; other person's opinion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 小道消息.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小时 (小時) | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 小学 (小學) | xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss |
| 小组 (小組) | xiǎo zǔ | group |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; 个 (gè) |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 信息 | xìn xī | information; news; message |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hearsay”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.