欺 (qī): to take unfair advantage of, to deceive, to cheat
欺 (qī) is a Chinese character meaning “to take unfair advantage of.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 其 (phonetic) and 欠 (semantic). It ranks #1684 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 欺 lack. Its radical form 欠 (yawn) appears in many related characters such as 次 (cì, next in sequence), 欢 (huān, hubbub), 歌 (gē, song).
Definitions
- to take unfair advantage of
- to deceive
- to cheat
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 欺
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欺负verb | qī fu | to bully |
| 欺诈verb | qī zhà | to cheat |
| 自欺欺人phrase | zì qī qī rén | to deceive others and to deceive oneself |
| 欺凌verb | qī líng | to bully and humiliate |
| 欺压verb | qī yā | to bully |
| 欺瞒verb | qī mán | to fool |
| 仗势欺人verb | zhàng shì qī rén | to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) |
| 欺侮verb | qī wǔ | to bully |
| 诈欺noun | zhà qī | fraud |
| 可欺 | kě qī | gullible |
| 欺人太甚phrase | qī rén tài shèn | (idiom) to bully intolerably |
| 欺世盗名phrase | qī shì dào míng | (idiom) to fool the world and usurp a good name |
| 欺行霸市phrase | qī háng bà shì | (idiom) to dominate the market through unfair, coercive or monopolistic practices |
| 欺生verb | qī shēng | to cheat strangers |
| 童叟无欺phrase | tóng sǒu wú qī | cheating neither old nor young (idiom) |
欺 appears in 34 compound words: 59 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 21 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 欺 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
(lit.) cold-resistant (idiom); (fig.) remaining strong in harsh conditions; resilient; unyielding
(lit.) cold-resistant (idiom); (fig.) remaining strong in harsh conditions; resilient; unyielding
Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 欺.
Example Sentences
欺字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
qī zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "欺" is not frequently used in everyday life.
【直播】听证会:对外援助中的浪费、欺诈和滥用
zhí bō tīng zhèng huì : duì wài yuán zhù zhōng de làng fèi , qī zhà hé làn yòng
[Live] Hearing: Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Foreign Aid
黎智英欺诈罪上诉得直获撤刑 18年“勾外罪”提早...
lí zhì yīng qī zhà zuì shàng sù dé zhí huò chè xíng 1 8 nián gōu wài zuì tí zǎo . . .
Jimmy Lai's fraud appeal was directly withdrawn from the sentence, and the 18-year "hooking crime" was brought forward...
川普批索马利亚裔社福诈欺 范斯冻结明州医疗经费
chuān pǔ pī suǒ mǎ lì yà yì shè fú zhà qī fàn sī dòng jié míng zhōu yī liáo jīng fèi
Trump criticizes Somali social welfare fraud Vance freezes Minnesota medical funding
...2.595亿美元 被川普授权主导全美“反欺诈战” 范斯先对这里下手
. . . 2 . 5 9 5 yì měi yuán bèi chuān pǔ shòu quán zhǔ dǎo quán měi fǎn qī zhà zhàn fàn sī xiān duì zhè lǐ xià shǒu
... $259.5 million was authorized by Trump to lead the "anti-fraud war" across the United States, and Vance started here
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!
你又在欺负弱小了！
Nǐ yòu zài qīfu ruòxiǎo le!
You're bullying someone smaller than you again!
这将是你最后一次被欺骗了。
Zhè jiāng shì nǐ zuì hòu yīcì bèi qīpiàn le.
This will be the last time you're deceived.
欺骗别人是错的, 但更糟的欺骗自己。
Qīpiàn biéren shì cuò de, dàn gèng zāo de qīpiàn zìjǐ.
It's wrong to deceive people, but worse to deceive yourself.
一些人被甜言蜜语欺骗。
Yīxiē rén bèi tiányánmìyǔ qīpiàn.
Some are deceived by fair words.
Character Family
欠 Radical Family — Characters sharing the yawn radical
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