骗
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to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
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Dict coverage rank #1,807 U+9A97
How 骗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
马 (semantic, “horse”) + 扁 (phonetic, biǎn)
How to remember it
cheat · Heisig RSH #2910
马 horse + book cover
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 扁
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 扁 (biǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扁 sound component | biǎn | flat; board, sign, tablet |
| 偏 | piān | slanting, inclined; prejudiced |
| 编 | biān | to knit, to weave; to arrange, to compile |
| 遍 | biàn | everywhere, all over, throughout |
| 翩 | piān | to fly, to flutter |
| 煸 | biān | to stir-fry before broiling or stewing |
| 猵 | biān | otter |
| 蝙 | biān | bat |
| 犏 | piān | yak-ox |
| 稨 | biǎn | hyacinth bean, haricot |
| 褊 | biǎn | 4cramped, narrow; crowded; urgent |
| 鳊 | biān | bream |
| 碥 | biǎn | dangerous rocks jutting out over rapids |
| 谝 | piǎn | to brag, to boast; to quibble |
| 蹁 | pián | to limp |
Words containing 骗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 江湖骗子 | jiāng hú piàn zi | swindler; itinerant con-man |
| 上当受骗 | shàng dàng shòu piàn | (idiom) to be duped; to get scammed |
| 骗子 | piàn zi | swindler; a cheat |
| 骗人 | piàn rén | to cheat sb; a scam |
| 行骗 | xíng piàn | to cheat; to deceive |
| 骗色 | piàn sè | to trick sb into having sex |
| 电信诈骗 | diàn xìn zhà piàn | wire fraud |
| 骗保 | piàn bǎo | to commit insurance fraud |
| 骗走 | piàn zǒu | to cheat (sb out of sth); to swindle (sb out of sth) |
| 骗术 | piàn shù | trick; deceit |
| 连哄带骗 | lián hǒng dài piàn | to cajole; to sweet talk sb into doing sth |
| 受骗 | shòu piàn | to be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked |
| 骗局 | piàn jú | a swindle; a trap; a racket; a scam; CL:場|场[chang3] |
| 蒙骗 | mēng piàn | to hoodwink; to deceive; to dupe sb |
| 蒙骗 | mēng piàn | variant of 矇騙|蒙骗[meng1 pian4] |
| 骗取 | piàn qǔ | to gain by cheating |
| 照骗 | zhào piàn | (Internet slang) deceptive photo (pun on 照片[zhao4 pian4]) (esp. one misleadingly presentin… |
| 骗案 | piàn àn | scam; fraud |
| 招摇撞骗 | zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn | (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure o… |
| 庞氏骗局 | Páng shì piàn jú | Ponzi scheme |