Chinese word

欺诈

Pronunciation

Pinyinqī zhà

Meaning

  • verbscam

Example

他通过电话欺诈了很多老人。tā tōng guò diàn huà qī zhà le hěn duō lǎo rén

He scammed many elderly people over the phone.

Illustration for 欺诈 (scam)

More examples

商家利用虚假宣传欺诈了不少消费者。shāng jiā lì yòng xū jiǎ xuān chuán qī zhà le bù shǎo xiāo fèi zhě

Businesses used false advertising to scam many consumers.

Core concept

A false story hides the real situation and steers someone into handing over money or another benefit.

Common phrases

  • 欺诈消费者qī zhà xiāo fèi zhě

    scam consumers

  • 欺诈客户qī zhà kè hù

    scam customers

  • 欺诈投资者qī zhà tóu zī zhě

    scam investors

Similar words

欺骗qī piàn: Makes someone believe something untrue through misleading words or actions.
骗piàn: Tricks someone into giving up money or another benefit.
诈骗zhà piàn: Carries out a planned deception to illegally take money or another benefit from someone.
误导wù dǎo: Leads someone toward a wrong judgment through incomplete facts or a biased explanation.

Definition in Chinese

通过虚假陈述或隐瞒真相，诱使他人交付财物或利益的行为。tōng guò xū jiǎ chén shù huò yǐn mán zhēn xiàng yòu shǐ tā rén jiāo fù cái wù huò lì yì de xíng wéi

Word origin

欺诈 (qīzhà, "to deceive and defraud") combines 欺 (qī, "deceive") with 诈 (zhà, "deceive through false claims"), making the compound easy to connect with gaining from deception.

Usage tips

  • This verb describes deliberate deception for gain, so it does not normally describe a small mistake or a simple misunderstanding.

Other meanings

  • fraudnoun

Opposites

  • 坦诚相待tǎn chéng xiāng dàideal honestly with othersverb
  • 诚实守信chéng shí shǒu xìnbe honest and keep one's wordverb

Related words

  • 欺诈者qī zhà zhěscammernoun
  • 欺诈罪qī zhà zuìfraudnoun
  • 欺诈手段qī zhà shǒu duànfraudulent tacticsnoun

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