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诈

zhà

HSK 6 Character Traditional 詐

What 诈 means

1. to cheat
2. to swindle
3. to pretend
4. to feign
5. to draw sb out
6. to try to extract information by deceit or bluff

Example sentences

• 汤姆遭遇了诈骗。
  Tom got catfished.
• 请不要回覆这封诈骗电邮，当然也不要点击电邮里的超连结。
  Qǐng bù yào huífù zhè fēng zhàpiàn diànyóu, dāngrán yě bù yàodiǎn jī diànyóu lǐ de chāoliánjié.
  Please do not answer this fraudulent e-mail and certainly do not click on the links in the e-mail.
• 请不要回复这封诈骗电邮，当然也不要点击电邮里的超连结。
  Please do not answer this fraudulent e-mail and certainly do not click on the links in the e-mail.

Words starting with 诈

• 诈骗zhà piànto defraud; to swindle; to blackmail
• 诈骗罪zhà piàn zuìfraud
• 诈冒zhà màoto claim ownership (of stolen goods)
• 诈取zhà qǔto swindle; to defraud
• 诈尸zhà shīsudden movement of a corpse (superstition); fig. sudden torrent of abuse
• 诈欺zhà qīfraud; deception
• 诈死zhà sǐto feign death; to fake death
• 诈病zhà bìngto feign illness; to malinger
• 诈语zhà yǔfalsehood; lies; fabrication
• 诈降zhà xiángfeigned surrender
• 诈领zhà lǐngto defraud; to obtain by fraud; to embezzle
• 诈晴zhà qíngto clear up (of weather after rain)
• 诈唬zhà huto bluff; to bluster; to intimidate

Words containing 诈

• 欺诈qī zhàto cheat
• 敲诈qiāo zhàto rip off; to extort (money); extortion
• 狡诈jiǎo zhàcrafty; cunning; deceitful
• 奸诈jiān zhàtreachery; devious; a rogue
• 敲诈勒索qiāo zhà lè suǒextortion and blackmail (idiom)
• 尔虞我诈ěr yú wǒ zhàlit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other…
• 巧诈qiǎo zhàdeceitful; crafty; artful
• 机诈jī zhàdeceitful
• 涉诈shè zhàto be linked to fraudulent activity
• 虚诈xū zhàtricky and hypocritical
• 险诈xiǎn zhàsinister and deceitful
• 电诈diàn zhàwire fraud (abbr. for 电信诈骗
• 欺诈者qī zhà zhědeceiver
• 兵不厌诈bīng bù yàn zhà(idiom) deception is justified in war
• 网络欺诈wǎng luò qī zhàphishing
• 电信诈骗diàn xìn zhà piànwire fraud
• 敲诈罪qiāo zhà zuìextortion
• 诡诈guǐ zhàsly; treacherous
• 巧诈不如拙诚qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéngthe unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom); honesty is the best policy
• 讹诈é zhàto extort under false pretenses; to blackmail; to bluff
• 桀贪骜诈jié tān ào zhàbrutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
• 狂三诈四kuáng sān zhà sìto deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)

Characters built on 乍

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

• 炸zhàto burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (colloquial) to fly into a rage
• 咋zǎdialectal equivalent of 怎么; Taiwan pr. zé
• 蚱zhàgrasshopper
• 砟zhǎfragments
• 柞zhàused in 柞水
• 痄zhàmumps

Characters that look like 诈

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

• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 许xǔto allow; to permit; to promise
• 怖bùterror; terrified; afraid
• 饰shìdecoration; ornament; to decorate
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 讳huìto avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior

Sounds the same

Read zhà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炸to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (colloquial) to fly into a rage
• 榨to press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc
• 乍at first; suddenly; abruptly
• 栅fence; also pr. shān
• 蚱grasshopper
• 咤used in 叱咤
• 醡press for extracting wine
• 柞used in 柞水
• 痄mumps
• 䃎(used in place names)
• 奓to open; to spread
• 溠name of a river