Chinese whispers

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51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: telefoontjie — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Arabic: هَاتِف عَرَبِيّ (hātif ʕarabiyy) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Arabic: هَاتِف لَاسِلْكِيّ (hātif lāsilkiyy) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Arabic: تليفون مكسور (telefõn maksūr) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Armenian: փչացած հեռախոս (pʻčʻacʻac heṙaxos) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Bulgarian: развален телефон (razvalen telefon) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Catalan: telèfon — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Chinese Cantonese: 以訛傳訛 /以讹传讹 (ji5 ngo5 cyun4 ngo4) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳話遊戲 /传话游戏 (chuánhuà yóuxì) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Czech: tichá pošta — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Czech: telefon — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Dutch: doorfluistertje — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Finnish: rikkinäinen puhelin — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Finnish: juoruämmä — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• French: téléphone arabe — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• German: Stille Post — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• German: Flüsterpost — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Central Franconian: Stėlle Poßß — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Central Franconian: Stille Poß — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Greek: χαλασμένο τηλέφωνο (chalasméno tiléfono) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Hebrew: טֶלֶפוֹן שָׁבוּר (télefon shavúr) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Hungarian: kínai suttogás — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Icelandic: hvísluleikur — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Irish: cogarnach Shíneach — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Italian: telefono senza fili — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Italian: telegrafo senza fili — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Japanese: 伝言ゲーム (dengon gēmu) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Korean: 옮겨 말하기 (omgyeo malhagi) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Macedonian: расипан телефон (rasipan telefon) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Norwegian Bokmål: hviskelek — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Polish: głuchy telefon — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Portuguese: telefone sem fio — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Portuguese: telefone estragado — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Romanian: telefonul fără fir — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Russian: испо́рченный телефо́н (ispórčennyj telefón) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Russian: сло́манный телефо́н (slómannyj telefón) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Russian: глухо́й телефо́н (gluxój telefón) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Serbo-Croatian: глухи телефони — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Serbo-Croatian: глуви телефони — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Serbo-Croatian: gluhi telefoni — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Serbo-Croatian: gluvi telefoni — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Slovak: tichá pošta — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Slovak: telefón — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Spanish: teléfono descompuesto — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Spanish: teléfono estropeado — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Spanish: teléfono — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Swedish: viskleken — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Tatar: ватык телефон (watıq telefon) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Turkish: kulaktan kulağa — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Ukrainian: зіпсо́ваний телефо́н (zipsóvanyj telefón) — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred
• Vietnamese: tam sao thất bản — game in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred