"Chinese whispers" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Chinese whispers (uncountable)
  1. (games, chiefly UK) A game for several players in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbor, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred, to humorous effect by the time it reaches the last person and is compared with the original phrase. Tags: UK, uncountable Categories (topical): Games Synonyms: telephone [Canada, US], broken telephone, operator, pass it down, Russian scandal, telephone game, a whisper down the lane Translations (game): telefoontjie (Afrikaans), هَاتِف عَرَبِيّ (hātif ʕarabiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), هَاتِف لَاسِلْكِيّ (hātif lāsilkiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), փչացած հեռախոս (pʻčʻacʻac heṙaxos) (Armenian), развален телефон (razvalen telefon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), telèfon [masculine] (Catalan), Stėlle Poßß [feminine] (Central Franconian), Stille Poß [feminine] (Central Franconian), 以訛傳訛 (Chinese Cantonese), 以讹传讹 (ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 傳話遊戲 (Chinese Mandarin), 传话游戏 (chuánhuà yóuxì) (Chinese Mandarin), tichá pošta [feminine] (Czech), telefon [masculine] (Czech), doorfluistertje [neuter] (Dutch), rikkinäinen puhelin (Finnish), juoruämmä (Finnish), téléphone arabe [masculine] (French), téléphone sans fil [masculine] (French), Stille Post [feminine] (German), Flüsterpost [feminine] (German), χαλασμένο τηλέφωνο (chalasméno tiléfono) [neuter] (Greek), kínai suttogás (Hungarian), telefono senza fili [masculine] (Italian), telegrafo senza fili [masculine] (Italian), 옮겨 말하기 (omgyeo malhagi) (Korean), расипан телефон (rasipan telefon) [masculine] (Macedonian), hviskelek (Norwegian Bokmål), głuchy telefon [masculine] (Polish), telefone sem fio [masculine] (Portuguese), telefonul fără fir [neuter] (Romanian), испо́рченный телефо́н (ispórčennyj telefón) [masculine] (Russian), сло́манный телефо́н (slómannyj telefón) [masculine] (Russian), глухо́й телефо́н (gluxój telefón) (Russian), глухи телефони [Cyrillic, masculine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), глуви телефони [Cyrillic, masculine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), gluhi telefoni [Roman, masculine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), gluvi telefoni [Roman, masculine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), tichá pošta [feminine] (Slovak), telefón [masculine] (Slovak), teléfono descompuesto [masculine] (Spanish), teléfono estropeado [masculine] (Spanish), teléfono [Chile, masculine] (Spanish), viskleken [common-gender] (Swedish), ватык телефон (watıq telefon) (Tatar), kulaktan kulağa (Turkish), зіпсо́ваний телефо́н (zipsóvanyj telefón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tam sao thất bản (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figuratively, by extension) Any situation where something is changed or misunderstood as a result of passing through successive people or processes. Tags: broadly, figuratively, uncountable
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          "note": "טֶלֶפוֹן שָׁבוּר m (télefon shavúr, literally “broken telephone”)",
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          "word": "gluhi telefoni"
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          "sense": "game",
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          "sense": "game",
          "word": "kulaktan kulağa"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zipsóvanyj telefón",
          "sense": "game",
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          "word": "зіпсо́ваний телефо́н"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "game",
          "word": "tam sao thất bản"
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      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "telefoontjie"
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      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "hātif lāsilkiyy",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "هَاتِف لَاسِلْكِيّ"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻčʻacʻac heṙaxos",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "փչացած հեռախոս"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razvalen telefon",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "развален телефон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "telèfon"
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      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Stėlle Poßß"
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      "lang": "Central Franconian",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Stille Poß"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "以訛傳訛"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "以讹传讹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "傳話遊戲"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuánhuà yóuxì",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "传话游戏"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tichá pošta"
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      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "telefon"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "doorfluistertje"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "rikkinäinen puhelin"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "juoruämmä"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "téléphone arabe"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "téléphone sans fil"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Stille Post"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Flüsterpost"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chalasméno tiléfono",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χαλασμένο τηλέφωνο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "note": "טֶלֶפוֹן שָׁבוּר m (télefon shavúr, literally “broken telephone”)",
      "sense": "game"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "kínai suttogás"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telefono senza fili"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegrafo senza fili"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "伝言ゲーム (でんごんゲーム, dengon gēmu, literally “message game”)",
      "sense": "game"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "omgyeo malhagi",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "옮겨 말하기"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rasipan telefon",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "расипан телефон"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "hviskelek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "głuchy telefon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telefone sem fio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "telefonul fără fir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispórčennyj telefón",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "испо́рченный телефо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slómannyj telefón",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сло́манный телефо́н"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gluxój telefón",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "глухо́й телефо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "глухи телефони"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "глуви телефони"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine",
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      "word": "gluhi telefoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "gluvi telefoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tichá pošta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telefón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teléfono descompuesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teléfono estropeado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teléfono"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "viskleken"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "watıq telefon",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "ватык телефон"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "kulaktan kulağa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zipsóvanyj telefón",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зіпсо́ваний телефо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "tam sao thất bản"
    }
  ],
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}

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