诈 (zhà): to cheat, to swindle, to pretend
诈 (zhà) is a Chinese character meaning “to cheat.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 乍 (phonetic). It ranks #2328 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 诈 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to cheat
- to swindle
- to pretend
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诈骗verb | zhà piàn | to defraud |
| 敲诈verb | qiāo zhà | to rip off |
| 欺诈verb | qī zhà | to cheat |
| 狡诈adjective | jiǎo zhà | crafty |
| 敲诈勒索phrase | qiāo zhà lè suǒ | extortion and blackmail (idiom) |
| 奸诈adjective | jiān zhà | treachery |
| 诈骗罪 | zhà piàn zuì | fraud |
| 讹诈verb | é zhà | to extort under false pretenses |
| 诈死verb | zhà sǐ | to feign death |
| 诈欺noun | zhà qī | fraud |
| 诡诈adjective | guǐ zhà | sly |
| 诈取verb | zhà qǔ | to swindle |
| 尔虞我诈phrase | ěr yú wǒ zhà | lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) |
| 诈唬verb | zhà hu | to bluff |
| 诈降verb | zhà xiáng | feigned surrender |
诈 appears in 35 compound words: 37 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 17 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 诈 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
诈传身教是最好的教育方式。
zhà chuán shēn jiào shì zuì hǎo de jiào yù fāng shì .
Leading by example is the best form of education.
2月打诈数据出炉!春节案件数骤降原因曝
2 yuè dǎ zhà shǔ jù chū lú ! chūn jié àn jiàn shǔ zhòu jiàng yuán yīn pù
February fraud data released! The reason for the sharp drop in the number of cases during the Spring Festival was exposed
...Whoscall揭内幕:年逾800万通为诈骗探路
. . . W h o s c a l l jiē nèi mù : nián yú 8 0 0 wàn tōng wéi zhà piàn tàn lù
... Whoscall reveals the inside story: more than 8 million calls a year to explore the way for fraud
“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
水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
shuǐ 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
The United Nations criticized the Southeast Asian fraud park as horrific
...是谁”答不出来坚持要汇40万 万华警打醒诈骗话术
. . . shì shéi dā bù chū lái jiān chí yāo huì 4 0 wàn wàn huá jǐng dǎ xǐng zhà piàn huà shù
... Who is it?" can't answer and insists on remitting 400,000 yuan, and the Wanhua police wake up the fraud rhetoric
请不要回覆这封诈骗电邮，当然也不要点击电邮里的超连结。
Qǐng bù yào huífù zhè fēng zhàpiàn diànyóu, dāngrán yě bù yàodiǎn jī diànyóu lǐ de chāoliánjié.
Please do not answer this fraudulent e-mail and certainly do not click on the links in the e-mail.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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