Chinese symbol for “cheat”
骗
piàn
Traditional: 騙
to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cheat is 骗 (piàn), defined as: to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cheat”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赚 (賺) | zuàn | to cheat; to swindle |
| 欺诈 (欺詐) | qī zhà | to cheat |
| 诈 (詐) | zhà | to cheat; to swindle |
| 坑人 | kēng rén | (coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over |
| 行骗 (行騙) | xíng piàn | to cheat; to deceive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骗子 (騙子) | piàn zi | swindler; a cheat |
| 欺骗 (欺騙) | qī piàn | to deceive; to cheat |
| 骗局 (騙局) | piàn jú | a swindle; a trap |
| 诈骗 (詐騙) | zhà piàn | to defraud; to swindle |
| 骗人 (騙人) | piàn rén | to cheat sb; a scam |
| 骗取 (騙取) | piàn qǔ | to gain by cheating |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cheat”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.