HSK 6 · Verbs

冒充 màochōng “to pass oneself off as” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 冒充 means

  1. to pass oneself off as
  2. to impersonate
  3. to feign
  4. to pretend to be

How to say 冒充

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale冒mào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale充chōng1st tone, high and level

冒充 in a sentence

  1. 有人冒充银行工作人员打电话骗钱。

    Yǒurén màochōng yínháng gōngzuò rényuán dǎ diànhuà piàn qián.

    Some people pretend to be bank staff and phone people to cheat them out of money.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他冒充大人的声音给老师打电话。

    Tā màochōng dàren de shēngyīn gěi lǎoshī dǎ diànhuà.

    He put on a grown-up’s voice and rang the teacher.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 冒充 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 冒 (mào) with each of its parts in a different colour
冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out
  • 日sun · rì
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
The character 充 (chōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
充chōngsufficient; full
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 允to grant · yǔn

How to write 冒充

冒 9 strokes · 充 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 冒充

Words with 冒

感冒gǎnmào · catch cold冒险màoxiǎn · to take risks冒犯màofàn · to offend

Words with 充

补充bǔchōng · to replenish充满chōngmǎn · to be full of充分chōngfèn · ample充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger充当chōngdāng · to serve as扩充kuòchōng · to expand充沛chōngpèi · abundant充实chōngshí · rich充足chōngzú · sufficient

More words: Common Verbs

迈mài · to step埋没máimò · to bury埋葬máizàng · to bury (the dead)蔓延mànyán · to spread眯mī · to narrow one’s eyes瞄准miáozhǔn · to aim at弥补míbǔ · to make up for密封mìfēng · to seal up

FAQs

冒充 (màochōng) means “to pass oneself off as” or “to impersonate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it màochōng: mào with a 4th tone, then chōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 冒充 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type maochong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冒充 from the suggestions. Typing maochong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冒充 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.