八卦群

bāguàqún

noun

Measure Word

一个八卦群 gè

Meanings

1 gossip chat group (on WeChat etc.)

Characters

trigram; (fig.) gossip

Examples

我们办公室有一个八卦群。

Wǒmen bàngōngshì yǒu yī gè bāguàqún.

Our office has a gossip group chat.

她把我踢出了八卦群。

Tā bǎ wǒ tī chū le bāguàqún.

She kicked me out of the gossip group.

Tips

culture

八卦 (originally the eight trigrams of the I Ching) became slang for gossip by way of Hong Kong tabloids. 群 is the standard word for WeChat/QQ group chats.

Stroke Order

八 bā

卦 guà

群 qún