HSK 4 · Adjectives

假 jiǎ “false” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 假 means

  1. false
  2. fake
  3. artificial
  4. to borrow
  5. if
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • suppose

How to say 假

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale假jiǎ3rd tone, dipping

假 in a sentence

  1. 这一定是假的。

    Zhè yídìng shì jiǎ de.

    This must be fake.

    Sentence #6103150 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 谣言最后被证明是假的。

    Yáoyán zuìhòu bèi zhèngmíng shì jiǎ de.

    The rumour turned out to be false.

    Sentence #336500 from Tatoeba

  3. 她假装是学生。

    Tā jiǎzhuāng shì xuésheng.

    She pretended to be a student.

    Sentence #334611 from Tatoeba

How 假 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 假 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
假jiǎfake
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 叚false

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 叚 (jiǎ) for the sound: false, fake. Read jià, it means a holiday.

How to write 假

假 11 strokes

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

Words related to 假

Words with 假

请假qǐngjià · to ask for time off假期jiàqī · holiday放假fàngjià · to have a holiday休假xiūjià · to take leave寒假hánjià · winter holidays放暑假fàngshǔjià · to be on summer holidays假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign假设jiǎshè · to suppose假如jiǎrú · if虚假xūjiǎ · false

More words: Adjectives

合适héshì · suitable厚hòu · thick活泼huópo · lively积极jījí · active精彩jīngcǎi · wonderful科学kēxué · science空kōng · empty困难kùnnan · difficult

FAQs

假 (jiǎ) means “false” or “fake”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiǎ: jiǎ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 假 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 假 from the suggestions. Typing jia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
假 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.