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欺

qī

HSK 6 Character

What 欺 means

1. to take unfair advantage of
2. to deceive
3. to cheat

Example sentences

• 不要欺骗我!
  Don't try to trick me!
• 他欺骗了她。
  He swindled her.
• 不要欺负我！
  Don't bully me!
• 你不能欺骗我。
  You cannot pull the wool over my eyes.
• 他被同学欺负。
  He was made fun of by his classmates.
• 他欺骗了我们。
  He lied to us.

Words starting with 欺

• 欺骗qī piànto deceive; to cheat
• 欺负qī futo bully
• 欺诈qī zhàto cheat
• 欺侮qī wǔto bully
• 欺压qī yāto bully; to push around
• 欺凌qī língto bully and humiliate
• 欺生qī shēngto cheat strangers; to bully strangers; (of domesticated animals) to be rebellious with…
• 欺蒙qī méngto deceive; to dupe
• 欺辱qī rǔto humiliate; humiliation
• 欺骗餐qī piàn cāncheat meal
• 欺人太甚qī rén tài shèn(idiom) to bully intolerably
• 欺以其方qī yǐ qí fāngdeceived by a pretense of reason (idiom)
• 欺世盗名qī shì dào míng(idiom) to fool the world and usurp a good name
• 欺诈者qī zhà zhědeceiver
• 欺男霸女qī nán bà nǚto oppress the people; to act tyrannically
• 欺行霸市qī háng bà shì(idiom) to dominate the market through unfair, coercive or monopolistic practices
• 欺瞒qī mánto fool; to hoodwink; to dupe
• 欺霜傲雪qī shuāng ào xuě(lit.) cold-resistant (idiom); (fig.) remaining strong in harsh conditions; resilient…
• 欺哄qī hǒngto dupe; to deceive
• 欺君罔上qī jūn wǎng shàngto dupe one's sovereign

Words containing 欺

• 自欺欺人zì qī qī rénto deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies
• 可欺kě qīgullible; easily bullied; weak
• 自欺zì qīto deceive oneself
• 打狗欺主dǎ gǒu qī zhǔto beat a dog and bully its owner; fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a…
• 老少无欺lǎo shào wú qīcheating neither old nor young; treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously…
• 朋友妻不可欺péng you qī bù kě qīyou should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
• 诈欺zhà qīfraud; deception
• 网络欺诈wǎng luò qī zhàphishing
• 瞒上欺下mán shàng qī xiàto deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)
• 仗势欺人zhàng shì qī rénto take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom); to kick people around
• 恃强欺弱shì qiáng qī ruòto use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom); to bully
• 童叟无欺tóng sǒu wú qīcheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally…
• 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qīthe God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person…
• 傲雪欺霜ào xuě qī shuāngsee 欺霜傲雪

Characters built on 其

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

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 琪qí(literary) fine jade
• 淇qíname of a river
• 麒qíused in 麒麟

Characters that look like 欺

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

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 款kuǎnsection; paragraph; funds
• 敢gǎnto dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 厥juéto faint; to lose consciousness; his
• 跤jiāoa tumble; a fall
• 敕chìimperial orders

Sounds the same

Read qī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 期a period of time; phase; stage
• 七seven; 7
• 妻(bound form) wife
• 戚(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
• 凄intense cold; frigid; dismal
• 漆paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
• 栖to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 缉to stitch finely
• 沏to brew (tea)
• 嘁whispering sound
• 柒seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 蹊used in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī