Chinese symbol for “counterfeit”
造假
zào jiǎ
to counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for counterfeit is 造假 (zào jiǎ), defined as: to counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “counterfeit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作假 | zuò jiǎ | to counterfeit; to falsify |
| 仿冒 | fǎng mào | to counterfeit; fake |
| 制假 (製假) | zhì jiǎ | to counterfeit; to manufacture counterfeit goods |
| 伪造 (偽造) | wěi zào | to forge; to fake |
| 山寨 | shān zhài | fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 造假.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 创造 (創造) | chuàng zào | to create; to bring about |
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture; to make |
| 建造 | jiàn zào | to construct; to build |
| 改造 | gǎi zào | to transform; to reform |
| 打造 | dǎ zào | to forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop |
| 假设 (假設) | jiǎ shè | to suppose; to presume |
| 假如 | jiǎ rú | if |
See also: Japanese symbol for “counterfeit”.
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.