謠言

See also: 谣言

Chinese

		popular ballad; false rumour	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (謠言)		謠	言
simp. (谣言)		谣	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáoyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèu-ngièn / yèu-ngiàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iâu-giân / iâu-gân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iou⁵ ngang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáoyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáoyán
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-yen²
    • Yale: yáu-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yauyan
    • Palladius: яоянь (jaojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: yìuh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieu^ˇ ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu^ˇ ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu² ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu-giân
    • Tâi-lô: iâu-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau'gieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /iau²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu-gân
    • Tâi-lô: iâu-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau¹³⁻²² ɡan¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iou⁵ ngang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iôu ngâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yew ngjon

Rime
Character	謠	言
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	餘昭切	語軒切
Baxter	yew	ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/ŋɨɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/ŋiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/ŋiɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/ŋɨan/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/ŋiɐn/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/ŋĭɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	jin4

Noun

謠言

1. fake rumor; fabricated gossip; untruth that has been spread; circulating falsehood
2. (obsolete) folksong and proverb

Synonyms

• (fake rumour): 讒言／谗言 (chányán), 誹語／诽语 (fěiyǔ)

Related terms

• 流言 (liúyán)