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谣

yáo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 謠

What 谣 means

1. popular ballad
2. rumor

Other readings

谣 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yáovariant of {谣|yáo}

Example sentences

• 谣言是假的。
  The rumors were false.
• 谣言并无根据。
  The rumours were unfounded.
• 谣言说他辞职了。
  There is a rumor that he has resigned.
• 很多的谣言失败。
  Many predictions fail.
• 谣言被证明是假的。
  Yáoyán bèi zhèngmíng shì jiǎde.
  The rumor turned out false.
• 谣言是毫无根据的。
  The rumor was without foundation.

Words starting with 谣

• 谣言yáo yánrumor
• 谣传yáo chuánrumor
• 谣言惑众yáo yán huò zhòngto mislead the public with rumors; to delude the people with lies

Words containing 谣

• 民谣mín yáoballad; folk song
• 造谣zào yáoto start a rumor
• 歌谣gē yáofolksong; ballad; nursery rhyme
• 童谣tóng yáonursery rhyme
• 辟谣pì yáoto refute a rumor; to deny
• 传谣chuán yáoto spread rumors
• 大谣dà yáohigh-profile rumormonger (esp. on a microblog)
• 黄谣huáng yáosexual rumor (abbr. for 黄色谣言
• 造谣生事zào yáo shēng shìto start rumours and create trouble

Characters built on 䍃

These share the phonetic component 䍃 (yáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 瑶yáojade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl
• 鳐yáoray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 鹞yàosparrow hawk; Accipiter nisus
• 徭yáocompulsory service
• 繇yáofolk-song; forced labor

Characters that look like 谣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 满mǎnto fill; full; filled
• 谦qiānmodest
• 谧mì(literary) quiet; peaceful; tranquil
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà
• 湍tuānto rush (of water)
• 遁dùnto evade; to flee; to escape

Sounds the same

Read yáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摇to shake; to rock; to row
• 遥(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 肴meat dishes; mixed viands
• 姚handsome; good-looking
• 瑶jade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl
• 窑kiln; oven; coal pit
• 侥used in 僬侥
• 爻the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦
• 鳐ray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 徭compulsory service
• 繇folk-song; forced labor
• 珧mother-of-pearl