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假冒

jiǎmào

to counterfeit; to impersonate

A person with a magnifying glass compares two nearly identical handbags
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Characters in this word

假 jià

Strokes
11
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 叚 false
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 假

冒 mào

Strokes
9
Radical
冂 — frame
Made of
日 sun 目 eye
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 平台已下架数百件假冒药品,并把线索移交给监管部门。 Píngtái yǐ xiàjià shù bǎi jiàn jiǎmào yàopǐn, bìng bǎ xiànsuǒ yíjiāo gěi jiānguǎn bùmén. The platform has removed hundreds of counterfeit medicines and handed the leads over to regulators.
  • 有人假冒银行打电话,骗老人的钱。 Yǒu rén jiǎmào yínháng dǎ diànhuà, piàn lǎorén de qián. Someone posed as a bank and phoned to cheat elderly people out of money.
  • 这家店卖的名牌包是假冒的,质量很差。 Zhè jiā diàn mài de míngpái bāo shì jiǎmào de, zhìliàng hěn chà. The designer bags sold in this shop are counterfeit and of poor quality.

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