爆料人

bàoliàorén

noun

Measure Word

一位爆料人 wèi

Meanings

1 leaker
2 whistleblower
3 tipster
4 source of explosive revelations

Characters

material; information

Examples

HSK 5

警方在寻找爆料人的身份。

Jǐngfāng zài xúnzhǎo bàoliàorén de shēnfèn.

Police are looking into the identity of the source.

HSK 7-9

匿名爆料人发布了内部邮件。

Nìmíng bàoliàorén fābù le nèibù yóujiàn.

An anonymous leaker published the internal emails.

HSK 7-9

这位爆料人一直在关注明星八卦。

Zhè wèi bàoliàorén yìzhí zài guānzhù míngxīng bāguà.

This tipster has been following celebrity gossip for years.

Tips

usage

Built on 爆料 ('to drop a bombshell', literally 'explode the material'), meaning to make explosive allegations. Add 人 for the person doing it. Shows up constantly in entertainment news headlines and corporate-scandal coverage.

register

Neutral-to-slightly-tabloid register. A serious whistleblower investigation might use 举报人 or 揭发者 instead - 爆料人 has more of a tabloid / 狗仔 (paparazzi) feel.

Stroke Order

爆 bào

料 liào

人 rén