HSK 6 · Education

作弊 zuòbì “to cheat (in an exam)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 作弊 means

  1. to cheat (in an exam)
  2. to commit fraud
  3. to practise fraud
  4. to cheat
  5. to engage in corrupt practices

How to say 作弊

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale作zuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale弊bì4th tone, falling

作弊 in a sentence

  1. 他在考试中作弊时被抓到了。

    Tā zài kǎoshì zhōng zuòbì shí bèi zhuādào le.

    He was caught cheating in the exam.

    Sentence #880286 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 玩牌作弊是错误的。

    Wánpái zuòbì shì cuòwù de.

    It’s wrong to cheat at cards.

    Sentence #801348 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你作弊了。

    Nǐ zuòbì le.

    You cheated.

    Sentence #10635232 from Tatoeba

How 作弊 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 作 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
作zuòto do; to engage in
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 乍first time · zhà

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 乍 (zhà) for the sound: to make, to do.

The character 弊 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
弊bìdetriment
  • 敝to break · bì
  • 廾two hands · gǒng

How to write 作弊

作 7 strokes · 弊 14 strokes

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

Words related to 作弊

Words with 作

工作gōngzuò · to work作业zuòyè · school assignment工作日gōngzuòrì · working day作者zuòzhě · author作家zuòjiā · writer动作dòngzuò · movement作用zuòyòng · effect制作zhìzuò · to make写作xiězuò · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay

Words with 弊

弊病bìbìng · drawback弊端bìduān · abuse

More words: Education & Learning

本科běnkē · undergraduate course标点biāodiǎn · punctuation测验cèyàn · test常识chángshí · common sense智商zhìshāng · IQ专题zhuāntí · special topic注释zhùshì · annotation钻研zuānyán · to study intensively

FAQs

作弊 (zuòbì) means “to cheat (in an exam)” or “to commit fraud”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zuòbì: zuò with a 4th tone, then bì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 作弊 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuobi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 作弊 from the suggestions. Typing zuobi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
作弊 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.