謠 [谣]

Jyutping jiu4
Pinyin yáo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. popular ballad
  2. rumor
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. popular ballad/rumor/folksong/allegation
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    民間​傳​誦​嘅​小曲
    rhyme; ballad; folk song
    • 歌謠
      歌谣
      go1 jiu4
      folk song; ballad
    • 民謠
      民谣
      man4 jiu4
      folk tale
    • 童謠
      童谣
      tung4 jiu4
      children's folk rhyme
  2. 語素
    傳言​；​冇​事實​根據​而流​傳​嘅​説​話
    rumour
    • 造謠
      造谣
      zou6 jiu4
      to cook up a story
    • 謠言
      谣言
      jiu4 jin4
      rumour
    • 闢謠
      辟谣
      pik1 jiu4
      to dispel a rumour
    • 謠傳
      谣传
      jiu4 cyun4
      it is rumored that ...
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    folk song; ballad
  2. character
    (alt. form 䚻, 繇, 猶／犹 (yóu)^‡) to sing without instruments
  3. character
    fake circulating words; false rumour
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. sing
  2. folksong, ballad
  3. rumor
  4. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    YRBOU
  5. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    IVBOU
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #1027
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    它揭示了谣言的真相。
    它揭示了謠言的真相。
    tā jiē shì le yáo yán de zhēn xiàng 。
    • It proved the truth of the rumor.
  2. Mandarin
    谣言最后被证明是假的。
    謠言最後被證明是假的。
    yáo yán zuì hòu bèi zhèng míng shì jiǎ de 。
    • The rumor turned out to be false.
    • It turned out that the rumor was false.
  3. Mandarin
    谣言说他辞职了。
    謠言説他辭職了。
    yáo yán shuō tā cí zhí le 。
    • There is a rumor that he has resigned.
    • Rumor says he resigned.
  4. Mandarin
    谣言可能是真的吗？
    謠言可能是真的嗎？
    yáo yán kě néng shì zhēn de ma ？
    • Can the rumor be true?
  5. Mandarin
    谣传一架宇宙飞船在上海附近被见到了。
    謠傳一架宇宙飛船在上海附近被見到了。
    yáo chuán yī jià yǔ zhòu fēi chuán zài shàng hǎi fù jìn bèi jiàn dào le 。
    • It is rumoured that a spaceship has been seen near Shanghai.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    啲人成日话唔好乱咁信啲谣言，但系讲就容易做就难。
    啲人成日話唔好亂咁信啲謠言，但係講就容易做就難。
    di1 jan4 sing4 jat6 waa2 m4 hou3 lyun6 gam3 seon3 di1 jiu4 jin4 ， daan6 hai6 gong2 zau6 jung4 ji6 zou6 zau6 naan4 。
    • They say you shouldn't take rumors seriously, but that's easier said than done.
  2. Cantonese
    我听到谣言。
    我聽到謠言。
    ngo5 teng1 dou3 jiu4 jin4 。
    • I've heard rumors.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    造谣
    造謠
    zou6 jiu4
    • to cook up a story
    • to start a rumour
  2. Cantonese
    特首辞职嘅谣言传出之后，特首一直未有露面澄清。
    特首辭職嘅謠言傳出之後，特首一直未有露面澄清。
    dak6 sau2 ci4 zik1 ge3 jiu4 jin4 cyun4 ceot1 zi1 hau6, dak6 sau2 jat1 zik6 mei6 jau5 lou6 min6 cing4 cing1.
    • Since the rumour that the Chief Executive will resign has spread out, he hasn't shown up to clarify the issue.
  3. Cantonese
    散播谣言
    散播謠言
    saan3 bo3 jiu4 jin4
    • to spread rumours
  4. Cantonese
    散布谣言
    散佈謠言
    saan3 bou3 yiu4 jin4
    • spread rumor
  5. Cantonese
    子姜辣，买菩达；菩达苦，买猪肚。（童谣《月光光》歌词）
    子薑辣，買菩達；菩達苦，買豬肚。（童謠《月光光》歌詞）
    zi2 goeng1 laat6, maai5 pou4 daat6. pou4 daat6 fu2, maai5 zyu1 tou5.
    • If the young ginger is spicy, buy bitter melons; if the bitter melons are bitter, buy a pig's stomach.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    造谣
    造謠
    zào yáo
    • to fabricate stories
  2. Mandarin
    昨天造谣吴宗宪是陈菊人马的要被吉了
    昨天造謠吳宗憲是陳菊人馬的要被吉了
    zuó tiān zào yáo wú zōng xiàn shì chén jú rén mǎ de yào bèi jí le
    • The one who rumoured that Jacky Wu is Chen Chu's staff is now sued.
  3. Mandarin
    民谣
    民謠
    mín yáo
    • folk song
  4. Mandarin
    谣言
    謠言
    yáo yán
    • fabricated rumor
  5. Mandarin
    谣传他被警察逮起来了。
    謠傳他被警察逮起來了。
    yáo chuán tā bèi jǐng chá děi qǐ lái le ．
    • Rumour has it that he was arrested by the police.