Definition & Meaning

start a rumour; make up/fabricate stories

Word usage

zào yáo

造 谣

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v.start a rumour; make up/fabricate stories
- zhè shì è yì zào yáo wán quán méi yǒu shì shí gēn jù
  这是恶意造谣，完全没有事实根据。
  It was malicious gossip, completely without substance.
- shì shí shì duì zào yáo zhě zuì yǒu lì de huí dá
  事实是对造谣者最有力的回答。
  Facts are the most powerful rebuff to rumourmongers.
- tā shēng chēng nà xiē wén zhāng zào yáo fěi bàng
  他声称那些文章造谣诽谤。
  He claimed the articles were libellous.
- zào yáo pò huài
  造谣破坏
  start rumours and destroy
- fā dòng zào yáo gōng shì
  发动造谣攻势
  start a rumourmongering campaign
- zào yáo wū miè
  造谣污蔑
  spread rumours and defame someone
- duì hòu xuǎn rén de zào yáo zhòng shāng
  对候选人的造谣中伤
  campaign smears against the candidate
synonym
fěi bàng诽谤 dǐ huǐ诋毁 niē zào捏造 zhòng shāng中伤 wū miè诬蔑 dù zhuàn杜撰 huǐ bàng毁谤
antonym
pì yáo辟谣

Word usage

Separable word
"造" and "谣" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 不要在背后造别人的谣。
  Don't start a rumor about others behind their backs.
- 为了达到目的，她造了谣。
  She started a rumor to achieve the goal.
- 两年前她们就造过谣。
  They started a rumor two years ago.

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