HSK 6 · Society

伪造 wěizào “to forge” in Chinese

Traditional 偽造

What 伪造 means

  1. to forge
  2. to fake
  3. to counterfeit

How to say 伪造

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale伪wěi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale造zào4th tone, falling

伪造 in a sentence

  1. 签名是伪造的。

    Qiānmíng shì wěizào de.

    The signature was forged.

    Sentence #13117591 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这是一个伪造品。

    Zhè shì yí ge wěizàopǐn.

    It’s a fake.

    Sentence #630264 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 伪造 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 伪 (wěi) with each of its parts in a different colour
伪wěifalse
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 为to do · wéiSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 为 (wéi) hints at the sound. Compare it with wěi.

The character 造 (zào) with each of its parts in a different colour
造zàoto make
  • 告to tell · gàoSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 告 (gào) hints at the sound. Compare it with zào.

How to write 伪造

伪 6 strokes · 造 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 伪造

Words with 伪

虚伪xūwěi · hypocritical

Words with 造

创造chuàngzào · to create造成zàochéng · to bring about制造zhìzào · to manufacture塑造sùzào · to shape铸造zhùzào · to cast (metal)造型zàoxíng · shape

More words: Society & Law

投降tóuxiáng · to surrender团结tuánjié · to unite团体tuántǐ · group违背wéibèi · to go against诬陷wūxiàn · to frame武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces宪法xiànfǎ · constitution陷害xiànhài · to frame

FAQs

伪造 (wěizào) means “to forge” or “to fake”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wěizào: wěi with a 3rd tone, then zào 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, 伪造 is written 偽造. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weizao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 伪造 from the suggestions. Typing weizao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
伪造 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.