欺 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
欺诈
qīzhà
to defraud; fraud; deception
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
- 平台利用虚假评论欺诈消费者，最终被监管部门重罚。 Píngtái lìyòng xūjiǎ pínglùn qīzhà xiāofèizhě, zuìzhōng bèi jiānguǎn bùmén zhòngfá. The platform used fake reviews to defraud consumers and was eventually heavily fined by regulators.
- 他因欺诈客户被公司开除了。 Tā yīn qīzhà kèhù bèi gōngsī kāichú le. He was dismissed by the company for defrauding clients.
- 网上购物时要小心，别被欺诈信息骗了。 Wǎngshàng gòuwù shí yào xiǎoxīn, bié bèi qīzhà xìnxī piàn le. Be careful when shopping online, and don't be fooled by fraudulent messages.
Related words
- 欺骗 qīpiàn to deceive
- 欺负 qīfu to bully; to take advantage of
- 讹诈 ézhà to extort; to blackmail
- 奸诈 jiānzhà deceitful; treacherous
- 敲诈 qiāozhà to blackmail; to extort
- 诈骗 zhàpiàn fraud; to swindle
- 弄虚作假 nòngxūzuòjiǎ to falsify; to cheat; to resort to deception
- 蒙 mēng to deceive; to fool
- 冒充 màochōng to impersonate; to pass oneself off as
- 窃取 qièqǔ to steal; to pilfer; to obtain illegally
- 假冒 jiǎmào to counterfeit; to impersonate
- 骚扰 sāorǎo to harass; to disturb