Chinese symbol for “rumor”
谣言
yáo yán
Traditional: 謠言
rumor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rumor is 谣言 (yáo yán), defined as: rumor.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rumor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 传闻 (傳聞) | chuán wén | rumor |
| 传言 (傳言) | chuán yán | rumor; hearsay |
| 流言 | liú yán | rumor; gossip |
| 谣传 (謠傳) | yáo chuán | rumor |
| 蜚语 (蜚語) | fēi yǔ | rumor; unfounded gossip |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谣言.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 民谣 (民謠) | mín yáo | ballad; folk song |
| 歌谣 (歌謠) | gē yáo | folksong; ballad |
| 谣传 (謠傳) | yáo chuán | rumor |
| 造谣 (造謠) | zào yáo | to start a rumor |
| 辟谣 (闢謠) | pì yáo | to refute a rumor; to deny |
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng) |
| 而言 | ér yán | (typically preceded by 就… (jiù xx) or 对… (duì xx) etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ... |
| 发言 (發言) | fā yán | to make a speech; statement |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rumor”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.