Fable

"Fable" in cmn

傳說 /传说

chuánshuō

(story told to excite wonder)

寓言

yùyán

(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

神話 /神话

shénhuà

(story told to excite wonder)

謊言 /谎言

huǎngyán

(fiction, untruth, falsehood)

捏造

niēzào

(compose fables)

捏造

niēzào

(tell of falsely)

編造 /编造

biānzào

(compose fables)

編造 /编造

biānzào

(tell of falsely)

虛構 /虚构

xūgòu

(compose fables)

虛構 /虚构

xūgòu

(tell of falsely)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.