謡 (yáo) - Ballad, folk song, popular song & rumor, unfounded story.
謡 · yáo
Ballad, folk song, popular song;
rumor, unfounded story.
Ballad, folk song, popular songrumor, unfounded story.
Usage highlights
folk songchildren's songancient balladspreading rumorsrumor millfolk rhyme
Usage & contexts
Examples
- She sang a beautiful folk ballad (民謡).
- That's just an unfounded rumor (流言蜚謡).
- He composed a children's song (童謡).
- Ancient ballads tell stories of heroes (古謡).
Collocations
- folk song(民謡)
- children's song(童謡)
- ancient ballad(古謡)
- spreading rumors(造謡)
- rumor mill(謡传)
- folk rhyme(謡谚)
Idioms
- Spreading rumors and causing trouble(造謡惑众)
- Rumors spread everywhere(謡言四起)
- Folk songs and popular rhymes(风謡俗曲)
Cultural background
FAQ- In ancient China, folk ballads (謡) were considered reflections of public sentiment and sometimes used by officials to gauge popular opinion.
- The character appears in historical texts documenting folk traditions and oral literature.
- Ballads were an important form of cultural transmission before widespread literacy.