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

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

to fabricate stories; to start a fake rumour

Synonyms

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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)