绯闻

Traditional form:

緋聞

Pinyin (reading):

fēiwén

Definitions:

• sex scandal

Characters:

• 绯 - crimson, scarlet; purple
• 闻 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known

Traditional characters:

• 緋 - crimson, scarlet; purple
• 聞 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known