谣 (yáo): popular ballad, rumor
谣 (yáo) is a Chinese character meaning “popular ballad.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 䍃 (phonetic). It ranks #2490 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谣 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- popular ballad
- rumor
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谣言 | yáo yán | rumor |
| 民谣 | mín yáo | ballad |
| 谣传 | yáo chuán | rumor |
| 造谣 | zào yáo | to start a rumor |
| 歌谣 | gē yáo | folksong |
| 童谣 | tóng yáo | nursery rhyme |
| 辟谣 | pì yáo | to refute a rumor |
| 造谣生事 | zào yáo shēng shì | to start rumours and create trouble |
| 听信谣言 | tīng xìn yáo yán | to take heed of idle chatter (idiom) |
| 大谣 | dà yáo | high-profile rumormonger (esp. on a microblog) |
| 谣言惑众 | yáo yán huò zhòng | to mislead the public with rumors |
| 传谣 | chuán yáo | to spread rumors |
| 黄谣 | huáng yáo | sexual rumor (abbr. for 黃色謠言|黄色谣言[huang2 se4 yao2 yan2]) |
谣 appears in 13 compound words: 23 as the first character, 62 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 谣 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他谣言谨慎，从不说没有根据的话。
tā yáo yán jǐn shèn , cóng bù shuō méi yǒu gēn jù de huà .
He is cautious about rumors and never speaks without evidence.
...韩红被AI替身、健康出现问题?本人露面辟谣:好着呢
. . . hán hóng bèi A I tì shēn , jiàn kāng chū xiàn wèn tí ? běn rén lù miàn pì yáo : hǎo zhe ne
... ·AI 向善”专项行动,重点整治“虚假谣言”等五类涉 AI 领域网络乱象
. . . A I xiàng shàn zhuān xiàng háng dòng , chóng diǎn zhěng zhì xū jiǎ yáo yán děng wǔ lèi shè A I lǐng yù wǎng lào luàn xiàng
... ·The "AI for Good" special campaign, which focuses on addressing five categories of online misconduct in the AI sector, including "false rumors"
嘉市长选举传黄敏惠暗助王美惠 副市长辟谣:分化国民党
jiā shì cháng xuǎn jǔ chuán huáng mǐn huì àn zhù wáng měi huì fù shì cháng pì yáo : fēn huà guó mín dǎng
Jia mayoral election rumored that Huang Minhui secretly helped Wang Meihui Deputy mayor refuted rumors: divide the Kuomintang
《使命召唤》官方辟谣,否认存在独立的僵尸模式游戏
shǐ mìng zhào huàn guān fāng pì yáo , fǒu rèn cún zài dú lì de jiāng shī mó shì yóu xì
"Call of Duty" officially refuted the rumors, denying the existence of a separate zombie mode game
...?车厘子含褪黑素可助眠?科学流言榜最新辟谣
. . . ? chē lí zǐ hán 褪 hēi sù kě zhù mián ? kē xué liú yán bǎng zuì xīn pì yáo
...? Can cherries contain melatonin to help you sleep? The latest rumors on the scientific rumor list
谣言是毫无根据的。
Yáoyán shì háowú gēnjù de.
The rumors are unfounded.
我不信谣言。你信吗？
Wǒ bù xìn yáoyán. nǐ xìn ma?
I don't believe the rumours. Do you believe them?
它揭示了谣言的真相。
Tā jiēshì le yáoyán de zhēnxiàng.
It proved the truth of the rumor.
谣言最后被证明是假的。
Yáoyán zuì hòu bèi zhèngmíng shì jiǎde.
The rumor turned out to be false.
Character Family
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