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7-9

gossip

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

ba1gua4 bāguà

Meaning


Primary

gossip

Alternatives

to gossip, gossips, gossiping, gossiped, bagua, eight trigrams

Hint

This word literally refers to the eight trigrams of the I Ching which can be used for divination. But in practice it usually means gossip.

Mnemonic


One way to find 八卦 gossip about someone is to select one of 八 eight 卦 divination symbols on their behalf, then to use that to speculate about all of the intimate details of their life. You spreading 八卦 gossip, you tell yourself, you are merely trying to divine their fate. As if!

Usage


我 对 八卦 没有 兴趣。

I’m not interested in gossip.

不要 传 八卦, 这 样 很 不 礼貌。

Don’t spread gossip; it’s very impolite.

八卦 杂志 里 有 很多 明星 的 消息。

Gossip magazines have a lot of celebrity news.