谣

yáo

sing; folksong, ballad; rumor

How to write 谣, stroke by stroke

popular ballad; rumor; variant of 谣

Pictophonetic: semantic 讠 (speech), phonetic 䍃

Made of 讠 + 䍃

谣言yáo yánrumor
谣传yáo chuánrumor
民谣mín yáoballad; folk song
歌谣gē yáofolksong; ballad; nursery rhyme
造谣zào yáoto start a rumor
童谣tóng yáonursery rhyme
传谣chuán yáoto spread rumors
大谣dà yáohigh-profile rumormonger (esp. on a microblog)
辟谣pì yáoto refute a rumor; to deny
谣言惑众yáo yán huò zhòngto mislead the public with rumors; to delude the people with lies
造谣生事zào yáo shēng shìto start rumours and create trouble
听信谣言tīng xìn yáo yánto take heed of idle chatter (idiom)

经过证实，谣言是真的。
jīng guò zhèng shí ， yáo yán shì zhēn de 。
The rumor proved to be true.
谣言最后被证明是假的。
yáo yán zuì hòu bèi zhèng míng shì jiǎ de 。
The rumor turned out to be false.
谣言被证明是假的。
yáo yán bèi zhèng míng shì jiǎ de 。
The rumor turned out false.
那个谣言很快传播开来。
nà ge yáo yán hěn kuài chuán bō kāi lái 。
That rumor soon spread.
它揭示了谣言的真相。
tā jiē shì le yáo yán de zhēn xiàng 。
It proved the truth of the rumor.