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谣
謠
yáo
1. popular ballad
2. rumor
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

谣
yáo
rumor; folksong, ballad
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (11)

辟谣
pìyáo
to refute a rumor
歌谣
gēyáo
folksong
民谣
mínyáo
ballad
童谣
tóngyáo
nursery rhyme
谣言
yáoyán
rumor
HSK 6
造谣
zàoyáo
to start a rumor
大谣
dàyáo
high-profile rumormonger (esp. on a microblog)
谣传
yáochuán
rumor
听信谣言
tīngxìnyáoyán
to take heed of idle chatter (idiom)
谣言惑众
yáoyánhuòzhòng
to mislead the public with rumors
造谣生事
zàoyáoshēngshì
to start rumours and create trouble

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,599
Word Frequency Rank
4,252 of 84,292

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