民謠

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See also: 民謡 and 民谣

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	popular ballad; false rumour
trad. (民謠)		民	謠
simp. (民谣)		民	谣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mínyáo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ jiu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-yèu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-iâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mínyáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mínyáo
  - Wade–Giles: min²-yao²
  - Yale: mín-yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minyau
  - Palladius: миньяо (minʹjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ jiu⁴
  - Yale: màhn yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ jiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ jiːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-yèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ ieuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² yeu²
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ i̯eu̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-yèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ (r)ieuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² yeu²
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ (j)i̯eu̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-iâu
  - Tâi-lô: bîn-iâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bin'iaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² iau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ iau²³/

Noun

民謠

folk song; ballad
(neologism) false rumour concocted and spread by the common people (as opposed to the government)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of "false rumour"): 官謠／官谣 (guānyáo)

Hypernyms

(folk song): 歌謠／歌谣 (gēyáo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
民	謠
みん Grade: 4	よう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

民(みん)謠(よう) • (min'yō)

Kyūjitai form of 民謡 (“folk song (of the ordinary people)”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
民	謠

Noun

民謠 • (minyo) (hangeul 민요)

Hanja form^? of 민요 (“folk song”).

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