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敲诈

qiāo zhà

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 敲詐

敲诈 (qiāo zhà) means "to rip off; to extort (money); extortion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 敲诈 means

1. to rip off
2. to extort (money)
3. extortion
4. blackmail

The characters in 敲诈

• 敲qiāoto hit; to strike; to tap
• 诈zhàto cheat; to swindle; to pretend

Words starting with 敲诈

• 敲诈勒索qiāo zhà lè suǒextortion and blackmail (idiom)
• 敲诈罪qiāo zhà zuìextortion

Sounds the same

Read qiāo zhà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敲榨to press (fruit); variant of 敲诈

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