HSK 6 · Society

诈骗 zhàpiàn “to defraud” in Chinese

Traditional 詐騙

What 诈骗 means

  1. to defraud
  2. to swindle
  3. fraud
  4. to blackmail

How to say 诈骗

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale诈zhà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale骗piàn4th tone, falling

诈骗 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆遭遇了诈骗。

    Tāngmǔ zāoyù le zhàpiàn.

    Tom was the victim of a scam.

    Sentence #13860122 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 诈骗 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 诈 (zhà) with each of its parts in a different colour
诈zhàto cheat
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 乍first time · zhàSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 乍 (zhà) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhà.

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 诈骗

诈 7 strokes · 骗 12 strokes

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

Words related to 诈骗

Words with 骗

骗piàn · to cheat欺骗qīpiàn · to deceive

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FAQs

诈骗 (zhàpiàn) means “to defraud” or “to swindle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhàpiàn: zhà with a 4th 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, 诈骗 is written 詐騙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhapian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诈骗 from the suggestions. Typing zhapian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诈骗 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.