骗 (piàn): to cheat, to swindle, to deceive
骗 (piàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to cheat.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 马 (semantic) and 扁 (phonetic). It ranks #1493 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 骗 horse. Its radical form 马 (horse) appears in many related characters such as 马 (mǎ, horse), 骑 (qí, to ride), 验 (yàn, to test, to verify).
Definitions
- to cheat
- to swindle
- to deceive
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 骗
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骗人 | piàn rén | to cheat sb |
| 骗局 | piàn jú | a swindle |
| 诈骗 | zhà piàn | to defraud |
| 骗术 | piàn shù | trick |
| 受骗 | shòu piàn | to be cheated |
| 诱骗 | yòu piàn | to entice |
| 行骗 | xíng piàn | to cheat |
| 蒙骗 | mēng piàn | to hoodwink |
| 骗取 | piàn qǔ | to gain by cheating |
| 诈骗罪 | zhà piàn zuì | fraud |
| 哄骗 | hǒng piàn | to deceive |
| 拐骗 | guǎi piàn | swindle |
| 招摇撞骗 | zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn | (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority |
| 江湖骗子 | jiāng hú piàn zi | swindler |
| 诓骗 | kuāng piàn | to defraud |
骗 appears in 34 compound words: 32 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 骗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
老师教我们骗字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men piàn zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "骗."
...hoscall揭内幕:年逾800万通为诈骗探路
. . . h o s c a l l jiē nèi mù : nián yú 8 0 0 wàn tōng wéi zhà piàn tàn lù
... Hoscall reveals the inside story: more than 8 million calls a year are to explore the way of fraud
18岁青年认等钱使七度收骗款 被判入教导所
1 8 suì qīng nián rèn děng qián shǐ qī dù shōu piàn kuǎn bèi pàn rù jiào dǎo suǒ
The 18-year-old was sentenced to a correctional institution for accepting fraudulent money seven times
“诈骗骗不到你” 台东警创作歌曲宣导防诈
zhà piàn piàn bù dào nǐ tái dōng jǐng chuàng zuò gē qū xuān dǎo fáng zhà
"Fraud can't fool you" Taitung police created songs to promote anti-fraud
...牢性侵强迫堕胎样样来 联合国痛批东南亚诈骗园区惨绝人寰
. . . láo xìng qīn qiáng pò duò tāi yàng yàng lái lián gě guó tòng pī dōng nán yà zhà piàn yuán qū cǎn jué rén 寰
... Sexual assault and forced abortion are all coming, and the United Nations criticizes the Southeast Asian fraud park as horrible
...谁”答不出来坚持要汇40万 万华警打醒诈骗话术
. . . shéi dā bù chū lái jiān chí yāo huì 4 0 wàn wàn huá jǐng dǎ xǐng zhà piàn huà shù
... Who" can't answer and insists on remitting 400,000 yuan Wanhua police wake up the fraud rhetoric
一些人被甜言蜜语欺骗。
Yīxiē rén bèi tiányánmìyǔ qīpiàn.
Some are deceived by fair words.
我竟然蠢得被这么简单的谎话骗倒了！
Wǒ jìngrán chǔn de bèi zhème jiǎndān de huǎnghuà piàn dǎo le!
How foolish I was not to discover that simple lie!
什么意思，他竟然一直在欺骗我！
Shénme yìsi, tā jìngrán yīzhí zài qīpiàn wǒ!
I ask you, he's been cheating me!
直到那时，他才意识到他已经上当受骗。
Zhídào nàshí, tā cái yìshí dào tā yǐjīng shàngdàng shòupiàn.
Only then did he realize he had been deceived.
Character Family
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