爆料人

bàoliàorén
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 leaker
  2. 2 whistleblower
  3. 3 tipster
  4. 4 source of explosive revelations

Examples

Nìmíng bàoliàorén fābùle nèibù yóujiàn.
An anonymous leaker published the internal emails.
Zhè wèi bàoliàorén yìzhí zài guānzhù míngxīng bāguà.
This tipster has been following celebrity gossip for years.
Jǐngfāng zài xúnzhǎo bàoliàorén de shēnfèn.
Police are looking into the identity of the source.

Tips

usage
Built on 爆料 ('to drop a bombshell', literally 'explode the material'), which CC-CEDICT defines as 'to make explosive allegations'. Add 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 or 揭发 instead — 爆料人 has more of an Us Weekly / feel.

Stroke Order

bào
liào
rén