敲 qiāo
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 攴 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 高 tall, lofty 攴 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
敲诈
qiāozhà
to blackmail; to extort
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
- 他利用偷拍视频敲诈当事人，最终被判处有期徒刑。 Tā lìyòng tōupāi shìpín qiāozhà dāngshìrén, zuìzhōng bèi pànchǔ yǒuqī túxíng. He used secretly recorded video to blackmail the person involved and was eventually sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment.
- 有人想敲诈这家公司，结果被警察逮捕了。 Yǒurén xiǎng qiāozhà zhè jiā gōngsī, jiéguǒ bèi jǐngchá dàibǔ le. Someone tried to extort this company, but ended up being arrested by the police.
- 他接到一通敲诈电话，立刻报了警。 Tā jiēdào yī tōng qiāozhà diànhuà, lìkè bào le jǐng. He received a blackmail phone call and immediately reported it to the police.
Related words
- 敲 qiāo to knock; to tap
- 敲门 qiāomén to knock on a door
- 推敲 tuīqiāo to weigh and polish; to deliberate carefully
- 讹诈 ézhà to extort; to blackmail
- 奸诈 jiānzhà deceitful; treacherous
- 欺诈 qīzhà to defraud; fraud; deception
- 诈骗 zhàpiàn fraud; to swindle
- 窃取 qièqǔ to steal; to pilfer; to obtain illegally
- 弄虚作假 nòngxūzuòjiǎ to falsify; to cheat; to resort to deception
- 骚扰 sāorǎo to harass; to disturb
- 破案 pò'àn to solve a criminal case
- 蒙 mēng to deceive; to fool