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伪

wěi

HSK 6 Character Traditional 偽

What 伪 means

1. false
2. fake
3. forged
4. bogus
5. (prefix) pseudo-
6. Taiwan pr. wèi

Other readings

伪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wěivariant of {伪|wěi}

Example sentences

• 他是个伪娘。
  He is a tranny.
• 签名是伪造的。
  The signature had been a forgery.
• 他无法辨别真伪。
  Tā wúfǎ biànbié zhēn wěi.
  He can't tell the true from the false.
• 神创论是伪科学。
  Shén chuāng lùn shì wěikēxué.
  Creationism is pseudoscience.
• 这是一个伪造品。
  It's a fake.
• 这真是彻底的虚伪！
  Zhè zhēnshi chèdǐ de xūwěi!
  This is pure hypocrisy!

Words starting with 伪

• 伪造wěi zàoto forge; to fake; to counterfeit
• 伪装wěi zhuāngto pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as; pretense
• 伪军wěi jūnpuppet army
• 伪善wěi shànhypocritical
• 伪科学wěi kē xuépseudoscience
• 伪君子wěi jūn zǐhypocrite
• 伪劣wěi lièinferior; false
• 伪证wěi zhèngperjury
• 伪娘wěi niáng(anime/games) femboy
• 伪币wěi bìcounterfeit currency
• 伪托wěi tuōfaking a modern object as an ancient one
• 伪书wěi shūforged book; book of dubious authenticity; misattributed book
• 伪朝wěi cháoillegitimate dynasty; pretender dynasty
• 伪经wěi jīngforged scriptures; bogus classic; pseudepigrapha
• 伪迹wěi jì(medicine, signal processing) artifact; spurious signal or feature
• 伪顶wěi dǐngfalse roof
• 伪饰wěi shìto prettify; to dress (sth) up
• 伪代码wěi dài mǎpseudocode
• 伪命题wěi mìng tífalse proposition; fundamentally flawed notion…
• 伪善者wěi shàn zhěhypocrite
• 伪造品wěi zào pǐncounterfeit object; forgery; fake
• 伪造者wěi zào zhěforger
• 伪阴性wěi yīn xìngfalse negative
• 伪阳性wěi yáng xìngfalse positive

Words containing 伪

• 虚伪xū wěifalse; hypocritical; artificial
• 真伪zhēn wěitrue or bogus; authenticity
• 假冒伪劣jiǎ mào wěi liècheap quality counterfeit (goods); low-quality commodities
• 防伪fáng wěito prevent counterfeiting; anti-counterfeiting
• 深伪shēn wěi(technology) deepfake
• 证伪zhèng wěito disprove; to confirm (sth) to be false
• 真伪莫辨zhēn wěi mò biàncan't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake…
• 虚伪类真xū wěi lèi zhēnfalse but apparently real

Characters that look like 伪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 佣yōngto hire; to employ; servant
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax

Sounds the same

Read wěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 委to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 伟big; large; great
• 尾tail; remainder; remnant
• 纬latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 萎to wither; to drop; to decline
• 唯yes
• 苇reed; rush; Phragmites communis
• 玮(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 娓used in 娓娓
• 炜glowing; bright; brilliant
• 猥humble; rustic; plentiful
• 痿atrophy