讹 é
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 化 to change, to convert, to reform
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
讹诈
ézhà
to extort; to blackmail
Characters in this word
诈 zhà
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 对方掌握了一段被断章取义的录音，企图借此讹诈公司。 Duìfāng zhǎngwòle yí duàn bèi duànzhāng qǔyì de lùyīn, qǐtú jiècǐ ézhà gōngsī. The other party obtained a selectively quoted recording and tried to use it to extort the company.
- 有人假装受伤，想讹诈路过的司机。 Yǒu rén jiǎzhuāng shòushāng, xiǎng ézhà lùguò de sījī. Someone pretended to be hurt, hoping to extort money from a passing driver.
- 小贩说顾客弄坏了东西，想讹诈他赔钱，结果被识破了。 Xiǎofàn shuō gùkè nòng huài le dōngxi, xiǎng ézhà tā péi qián, jiéguǒ bèi shípò le. The vendor claimed the customer had broken something and tried to extort compensation, but he was seen through.
Related words
- 奸诈 jiānzhà deceitful; treacherous
- 欺诈 qīzhà to defraud; fraud; deception
- 敲诈 qiāozhà to blackmail; to extort
- 诈骗 zhàpiàn fraud; to swindle
- 瓜分 guāfēn to divide up; to carve up
- 剥削 bōxuē to exploit
- 不容 bùróng not to allow; not to tolerate
- 霸占 bàzhàn to occupy by force; to seize
- 导火索 dǎohuǒsuǒ fuse; trigger; immediate cause
- 激化 jīhuà to intensify; to sharpen; to escalate
- 对峙 duìzhì to confront; to be locked in a standoff
- 刁难 diāonàn to make things difficult for; to obstruct deliberately