HSK 6 · Verbs

欺骗 qīpiàn “to deceive” in Chinese

Traditional 欺騙

What 欺骗 means

  1. to deceive
  2. to cheat

How to say 欺骗

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale欺qī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale骗piàn4th tone, falling

欺骗 in a sentence

  1. 不要欺骗你自己。

    Búyào qīpiàn nǐ zìjǐ.

    Don’t fool yourself.

    Sentence #1272224 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 那个我以为诚实的男孩欺骗了我。

    Nà ge wǒ yǐwéi chéngshí de nánhái qīpiàn le wǒ.

    The boy I thought was honest deceived me.

    Sentence #10198207 from Tatoeba

  3. 自然从不会欺骗我们，骗我们的永远是我们自己。

    Zìrán cóng bú huì qīpiàn wǒmen, piàn wǒmen de yǒngyuǎn shì wǒmen zìjǐ.

    Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.

    Sentence #464877 from Tatoeba

How 欺骗 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 欺 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
欺qīto take unfair advantage of
  • 其his · qíSound part
  • 欠yawn · qiànMeaning part

欠 hints at the meaning (yawn); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with qī.

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 欺骗

欺 12 strokes · 骗 12 strokes

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

Words related to 欺骗

Words with 欺

欺负qīfu · to bully

Words with 骗

骗piàn · to cheat诈骗zhàpiàn · to defraud

More words: Common Verbs

起哄qǐhòng · to stir up trouble清除qīngchú · to clear away清理qīnglǐ · to clear up倾斜qīngxié · to tilt企图qǐtú · to attempt全力以赴quánlìyǐfù · to go all out确保quèbǎo · to ensure确立quèlì · to establish

FAQs

欺骗 (qīpiàn) means “to deceive” or “to cheat”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīpiàn: qī with a 1st tone, then 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, 欺骗 is written 欺騙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qipian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 欺骗 from the suggestions. Typing qipian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
欺骗 is an HSK 6 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.