造謠

See also: 造谣

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	popular ballad; false rumour
trad. (造謠)		造	謠
simp. (造谣)		造	谣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàoyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ jiu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chō-iâu / chǒ-iâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zao⁶ iao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàoyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàoyáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-yao²
    • Yale: dzàu-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawyau
    • Palladius: цзаояо (czaojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàoyáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄧㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàoyáor
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-yao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: dzàu-yáur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawyaul
    • Palladius: цзаояор (czaojaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ jaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ jiu⁴
    • Yale: jouh yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² jiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-iâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-iâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixiaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ iau¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ iau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ iau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-iâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsǒ-iâu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²² iau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zao⁶ iao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsău iâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau³⁵⁻¹¹ iau⁵⁵/

Verb

造謠

1. to fabricate stories; to start a fake rumour

Synonyms

• 偽造／伪造 (wěizào)
• 假造 (jiǎzào)
• 土統／土统 (Hokkien)
• 捏 (niē) (literary, or in compounds)
• 捏造 (niēzào)
• 杜撰 (dùzhuàn)
• 桶摃／桶𫼱 (Hokkien)
• 構造／构造 (gòuzào) (archaic)
• 瞎編／瞎编 (xiābiān)
• 編製／编制 (biānzhì) (figurative)
• 編造／编造 (biānzào)
• 胡編／胡编 (húbiān)
• 臆造 (yìzào)
• 莫之莫捏 (Hokkien)
• 莫捏 (Hokkien)
• 虛構／虚构 (xūgòu)

 

Derived terms

• 造謠惑眾／造谣惑众 (zàoyáo huòzhòng)
• 造謠生事／造谣生事 (zàoyáoshēngshì)