謠

yáo

sing; folksong, ballad; rumor

How to write 謠, stroke by stroke

popular ballad; rumor; variant of 谣

Pictophonetic: semantic 䍃 (speech), phonetic 言

Made of 言 + 䍃

謠言yáo yánrumor
謠傳yáo chuánrumor
民謠mín yáoballad; folk song
歌謠gē yáofolksong; ballad; nursery rhyme
造謠zào yáoto start a rumor
童謠tóng yáonursery rhyme
傳謠chuán yáoto spread rumors
大謠dà yáohigh-profile rumormonger (esp. on a microblog)
闢謠pì yáoto refute a rumor; to deny
謠言惑衆yáo yán huò zhòngto mislead the public with rumors; to delude the people with lies
造謠生事zào yáo shēng shìto start rumours and create trouble
聽信謠言tīng xìn yáo yánto take heed of idle chatter (idiom)

我不相信謠言。你相信嗎？
wǒ bù xiāng xìn yáo yán 。 nǐ xiāng xìn má ？
I don't believe the rumours. Do you believe them?
謠言是毫無根據的。
yáo yán shì háo wú gēn jù de 。
The rumor was without foundation.
這則謠言令人信以為真。
zhè zé yáo yán lìng rén xìn yǐ wéi zhēn 。
The rumor is believed to be true.
謠言是假的。
yáo yán shì jiǎ de 。
The rumors were false.
謠言並無根據。
yáo yán bìng wú gēn jù 。
The rumours were unfounded.