粵

造zou6謠jiu4

simp造谣
zou6 jiu4zào yáo

English

  1. to start a rumor
  2. to start a rumour; to cook up a story and spread it around

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 帶頭流傳冇事實根據嘅説話

Examples

  • 造謠生事

    to spread rumours to cause trouble; rumour-mongering

  • 對於有居心叵測嘅人造謠,本會予以譴責。

    We (the Society/Association) condemn those rumour mongers with evil intentions.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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