誹謗

See also: 诽谤

Chinese

		slander	to slander; defame; speak ill of
trad. (誹謗)		誹	謗
simp. (诽谤)		诽	谤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěibàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄅㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei² pong³, fei² bong³
• Eastern Min (BUC): hūi-báung
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): húi-pòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fěibàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄅㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fěibàng
    • Wade–Giles: fei³-pang⁴
    • Yale: fěi-bàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feeibanq
    • Palladius: фэйбан (fɛjban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei² pong³, fei² bong³
    • Yale: féi pong, féi bong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei² pong³, fei² bong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi² pong³, féi² bong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵ pʰɔːŋ³³/, /fei̯³⁵ pɔːŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hūi-báung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βɑuŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi-pòng
    • Tâi-lô: huí-pòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy'poxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pj+j|pj+jH pangH

Rime
Character	誹	誹	謗
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	微 (21)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	甫微切	方味切	補曠切
Baxter	pj+j	pj+jH	pangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉi/	/pʉiH/	/pɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɨi/	/pʷɨiH/	/pɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/piuəi/	/piuəiH/	/pɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puj/	/pujH/	/paŋH/
Li Rong	/piuəi/	/piuəiH/	/pɑŋH/
Wang Li	/pĭwəi/	/pĭwəiH/	/pɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pwe̯i/	/pwe̯iH/	/pɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēi	fèi	bàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei1	fei3	bong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pə[j]  pˤaŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯl|pɯlʔ|pɯls  paːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誹	謗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fěi	bàng
Middle Chinese	‹ pj+j ›	‹ pangH ›
Old Chinese	/*pə[j]/	/*pˁaŋ-s/
English	slander	slander
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	誹	誹	誹	謗
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
No.	3083	3089	3092	2992
Phonetic component	非	非	非	方
Rime group	微	微	微	陽
Rime subdivision	1	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	猆	匪	沸	螃
Old Chinese	/*pɯl/	/*pɯlʔ/	/*pɯls/	/*paːŋs/

Verb

誹謗

1. to slander; to vilify; to libel; to defame
2. (Classical) to criticize; to comment; to discuss

Synonyms

• (to slander):

• 倚賴／倚赖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 攻擊／攻击 (gōngjī)
• 栽贓／栽赃 (zāizāng)
• 毀謗／毁谤 (huǐbàng)
• 污蔑 (wūmiè)
• 潑髒水／泼脏水 (pō zāng shuǐ) (figurative)
• 瘄污 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 詆毀／诋毁 (dǐhuǐ)
• 誣告／诬告
• 誣害／诬害 (wūhài)
• 誣捏／诬捏 (ŭ-niĕk) (Eastern Min)
• 誣枉／诬枉 (wūwǎng)
• 誣蔑／诬蔑 (wūmiè)
• 誣賴／诬赖 (wūlài)
• 誣陷／诬陷 (wūxiàn)
• 謠諑／谣诼 (yáozhuó) (literary)
• 讒害／谗害 (chánhài)
• 賴／赖 (lài)

 

Derived terms

• 口頭誹謗／口头诽谤
• 誹謗之木／诽谤之木
• 誹謗罪／诽谤罪 (fěibàngzuì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (誹謗):

• → Japanese: 誹(ひ)謗(ぼう) (hibō)
• → Korean: 비방(誹謗) (bibang)
• → Vietnamese: phỉ báng (誹謗)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誹	謗
ひ Hyōgaiji	ぼう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひぼー [hìbóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çibo̞ː]

Noun

誹(ひ)謗(ぼう) • (hibō) ^{←ひばう (fibau)?}

1. slander
2. verbal abuse

Verb

誹(ひ)謗(ぼう)する • (hibō suru) ^{←ひばう (fibau)?}transitive suru (stem 誹(ひ)謗(ぼう)し (hibō shi), past 誹(ひ)謗(ぼう)した (hibō shita))

1. to slander someone
2. to verbally abuse someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "誹謗する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	誹謗し	ひぼうし	hibō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	誹謗し	ひぼうし	hibō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	誹謗する	ひぼうする	hibō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	誹謗する	ひぼうする	hibō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	誹謗すれ	ひぼうすれ	hibō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	誹謗せよ¹ 誹謗しろ²	ひぼうせよ¹ ひぼうしろ²	hibō seyo¹ hibō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	誹謗される	ひぼうされる	hibō sareru
Causative	誹謗させる 誹謗さす	ひぼうさせる ひぼうさす	hibō saseru hibō sasu
Potential	誹謗できる	ひぼうできる	hibō dekiru
Volitional	誹謗しよう	ひぼうしよう	hibō shiyō
Negative	誹謗しない	ひぼうしない	hibō shinai
Negative continuative	誹謗せず	ひぼうせず	hibō sezu
Formal	誹謗します	ひぼうします	hibō shimasu
Perfective	誹謗した	ひぼうした	hibō shita
Conjunctive	誹謗して	ひぼうして	hibō shite
Hypothetical conditional	誹謗すれば	ひぼうすれば	hibō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
誹	謗

Noun

誹謗 • (bibang) (hangeul 비방)

1. Hanja form^? of 비방 (“slander”).