谣言
Old HSK 6
谣言 (yáoyán) · rumour
谣言 (yáoyán) means “rumour”. It is written with 2 characters: 谣 (rumor) + 言 (words). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 谣言 is built
The characters
谣 yáo · rumor
What 谣 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 䍃yóu — vase
- 爫zhǎo — claws
- 缶fǒu — earthen crock or jar
- 山shān — mountain
言 yán · words
What 言 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A tongue sticking out of a mouth 口 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
不要相信网上的谣言。Búyào xiāngxìn wǎngshàng de yáoyán.Don't believe rumours online.
谣言很快就被证明是假的。Yáoyán hěnkuài jiù bèi zhèngmíng shì jiǎ de.The rumour was soon proved false.
Questions about 谣言
What does 谣言 mean?
谣言 (yáoyán) means “rumour”.
How do you pronounce 谣言?
谣言 is pronounced yáoyán.
Which HSK level is 谣言?
谣言 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 语言yǔyánlanguage
- 发言fāyánto speak (at a meeting)
- 不言而喻bùyán'éryùit goes without saying
- 方言fāngyándialect
- 序言xùyánpreface
- 言论yánlùnspeech
- 预言yùyánto predict
- 寓言yùyánfable
- 总而言之zǒng'éryánzhīin short
Learn 谣言 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 212: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.