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假

jiǎ

HSK 4 Character

What 假 means

1. fake
2. false
3. artificial
4. to borrow
5. if
6. suppose

Other readings

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

• gēiused in {假掰|gēi bāi}
• jiàvacation
• jiǎvariant of {假|jiǎ}; to borrow

Example sentences

• 假的。
  Faking.
• 这是假发。
  Zhè shì jiǎfà.
  This is a wig.
• 我在度假。
  I'm on vacation.
• 度假愉快！
  Enjoy your holidays.
• 我在休假。
  I've been on vacation.
• 假装你是我。
  Pretend you're me.

Words starting with 假

• 假如jiǎ rúif
• 假装jiǎ zhuāngto feign; to pretend
• 假设jiǎ shèto suppose; to presume; to assume
• 假使jiǎ shǐif; in case; suppose
• 假期jià qīvacation
• 假日jià rìa holiday; a day off
• 假定jiǎ dìngto assume; to suppose; supposed
• 假话jiǎ huàa lie; untrue statement; misstatement
• 假冒jiǎ màoto impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit
• 假若jiǎ ruòif; supposing; in case
• 假货jiǎ huòcounterfeit article; fake; dummy
• 假象jiǎ xiàngfalse appearance; facade
• 假名jiǎ míngfalse name; pseudonym; alias
• 假山jiǎ shānrock garden; rockery
• 假冒伪劣jiǎ mào wěi liècheap quality counterfeit (goods); low-quality commodities
• 假发jiǎ fàwig
• 假想jiǎ xiǎngimaginary; virtual; to imagine
• 假币jiǎ bìcounterfeit money
• 假证jiǎ zhèngfalse testimony
• 假借jiǎ jièto make use of; to use sth as pretext; under false pretenses
• 假意jiǎ yìinsincerity; hypocrisy; insincerely
• 假牙jiǎ yáfalse teeth; dentures
• 假惺惺jiǎ xīng xīng(of an expression of sympathy) insincere; phony
• 假说jiǎ shuōhypothesis

Words containing 假

• 寒假hán jiàwinter vacation
• 请假qǐng jiàto request leave of absence
• 放暑假fàng shǔ jiàto be on summer vacation
• 虚假xū jiǎfalse; phony; sham
• 暑假shǔ jiàsummer vacation
• 放假fàng jiàto have a holiday or vacation
• 度假dù jiàto go on holidays; to spend one's vacation
• 休假xiū jiàto go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
• 节假日jié jià rìpublic holiday
• 长假cháng jiàlong vacation
• 真假zhēn jiǎgenuine or fake; true or false
• 造假zào jiǎto counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine
• 度假村dù jià cūnresort (vacation property)
• 不假思索bù jiǎ sī suǒ(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
• 打假dǎ jiǎto fight counterfeiting; to expose as false; to denounce sb's lies
• 病假bìng jiàsick leave
• 作假zuò jiǎto counterfeit; to falsify; to cheat
• 弄虚作假nòng xū zuò jiǎto practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
• 例假lì jià(euphemism) menstrual period; (dated euphemism) menstrual leave; legal holiday
• 冤假错案yuān jiǎ cuò ànunjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
• 年假nián jiàannual leave; New Year holidays
• 事假shì jiàleave of absence for a personal matter
• 公假gōng jiàofficial leave from work…
• 批假pī jiàto approve vacation

Characters built on 叚

These share the phonetic component 叚 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 霞xiárose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 瑕xiáblemish; flaw in jade
• 暇xiáleisure
• 遐xiádistant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 猳jiāmythical ape; variant of 豭
• 葭jiāreed; Phragmites communis
• 煆xiāa raging fire
• 瘕jiǎobstruction in the intestine

Characters that look like 假

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

• 偶ǒuaccidental; image; pair
• 傲àoproud; arrogant; to despise
• 缀zhuìto sew; to stitch together; to combine
• 靓jìngto make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 颌hé(bound form) jaw
• 倔juéused in 倔强

Sounds the same

Read jiǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 甲first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (used for an unspecified person or thing)…
• 钾potassium (chemistry)
• 岬cape (geography); headland
• 胛shoulder blade
• 榎(evergreen shrub); Celtis sinensis
• 斝small jade cup with ears
• 槚Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees; old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant…
• 婽good
• 椵(grapefruit)
• 瘕obstruction in the intestine
• 嘏far; grand
• 贾surname Jia