HSK 4 · Verbs

骗 piàn “to cheat” in Chinese

Traditional 騙

What 骗 means

  1. to cheat
  2. to swindle
  3. to deceive
  4. to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over

How to say 骗

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale骗piàn4th tone, falling

骗 in a sentence

  1. 她又被人骗了。

    Tā yòu bèi rén piàn le.

    She was tricked yet again.

    Sentence #382435 from Tatoeba

  2. 我没有骗你。

    Wǒ méiyǒu piàn nǐ.

    I didn’t lie to you.

    Sentence #4444832 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你别想骗我！

    Nǐ bié xiǎng piàn wǒ!

    Don’t try to pull a fast one on me!

    Sentence #1862249 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 骗 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 骗 (piàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
骗piànto cheat
  • 马horse · mǎMeaning part
  • 扁flat · biǎnSound part

马 hints at the meaning (horse); 扁 (biǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with piàn.

How to write 骗

骗 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

骗 (piàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 骗 (piàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 骗

Words with 骗

欺骗qīpiàn · to deceive诈骗zhàpiàn · to defraud

More words: Common Verbs

弄nòng · to do排队páiduì · to line up排列páiliè · to arrange in order陪péi · to accompany破pò · broken敲qiāo · to hit轻qīng · light取qǔ · to take

FAQs

骗 (piàn) means “to cheat” or “to swindle”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it piàn: piàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 骗 is written 騙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 骗 from the suggestions. Typing pian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
骗 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.