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谣言 yáoyán

谣言 yáoyán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 谣言 yáoyán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yáoyán | yao2 yan2
English translation
rumor

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HSK level

6

Traditional form

謠言

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 谣言 yáoyán

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谣 yáo

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 yán represents the meaning and 䍃 yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of 謠 yáo .

Phonetic compound

䍃 yóu

Semantic compound

讠 yán

Positional decomposition

⿰讠䍃

Number of Strokes

12
言 yán

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a tongue sticking out of a mouth. In old scripts written the same as 舌 shé but with an extra line.

Positional decomposition

⿱亠 tóu ⿱二口

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 谣言 yáoyán

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我 wǒ 想 xiǎng 知道 zhīdào 是 shì 谁 shuí 散布 sànbù 了 le 那 Nā 谣言 yáoyán .

I should like to know who put that rumour about.

谁 shuí 散布 sànbù 的 de 这些 zhè xiē 谣言 yáoyán ?

Who spread these rumours?

我 wǒ 知道 zhīdào 这 zhè 事 shì 到处 dàochù 乱 luàn 传 chuán , 不过 bùguò 我 wǒ 想 xiǎng 这 zhè 只是 zhǐ shì 谣言 yáoyán .

I know it's bandied about, but I think it's only a rumour.

祥子还 Huán 照常 zhàocháng 拉 lā 车 Chē , 并 bìng 不 bù 因为 yīnwèi 谣言 yáoyán 而 ér 偷 tōu 点 diǎn 懒 lǎn .

Xiangzi plied his trade as usual, not considering the rumours an excuse for taking time off.

这些 zhè xiē 谣言 yáoyán 迅速 xùnsù 传遍 chuán biàn 了 le 整座城市 chéngshì 。

These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.

谣言 yáoyán Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 谣言 yáoyán and their own compounds.

谣言 yáoyán Compounds

See all 100 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 谣言 yáoyán in their composition.

  • 谣 yáo
    • 言 yán
      • 詹 zhān
        • 赡 shàn , 檐 yán , 蟾 chán , 瞻 zhān , 澹 dàn , 谵 zhān , 儋 dān , 幨 chān , 憺 dàn , 襜 chān , 噡, 嶦, 擔 dān , 曕, 癚, 簷 yán , 聸, 膽 dǎn , 舚, 薝, 譫 zhān , 贍 shàn , 韂, 黵
      • 燮 xiè
      • 誊 téng
      • 訇 hōng
        • 鞫 jū , 揈, 渹, 輷, 鍧
      • 彎 wān
      • 戀 liàn
        • 纞
      • 攣 luán
        • 癴
      • 欒 luán
        • 圞 luán , 灤, 虊
      • 臠 luán
        • 癵
      • 信 xìn , 警 jǐng , 誓 shì , 誉 yù , 譬 pì , 唁 yàn , 譽 yù , 這 zhè , 卛 lǜ , 狺 yín , 訚 yín , 訾 zī , 詈 lì , 詟 zhé , 謇 jiǎn , 謍 yíng , 謦 qìng , 謷 aó , 譱 shàn , 讆 wèi , 讏 wèi , 讐 chóu , 讟 dú , 邎 yáo , 圁, 圝, 夑, 奱, 娮, 孌 luán , 孿 luán , 巒 luán , 悥, 曫, 灓, 爕, 琂, 矕, 羉, 蠻 mán , 訄 qiú , 訔, 詧, 誾 yín , 諅, 諐, 諬, 謈, 謩, 謺
      • 謽, 譍, 譥, 譻, 譼, 變 biàn , 讋, 讎, 辯 biàn , 鑾 luán , 鸞 luán
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