Chinese symbol for “deceitful”
巧诈
qiǎo zhà
Traditional: 巧詐
deceitful; crafty; artful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deceitful is 巧诈 (qiǎo zhà), defined as: deceitful; crafty; artful.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “deceitful”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狡诈 (狡詐) | jiǎo zhà | crafty; cunning |
| 机诈 (機詐) | jī zhà | deceitful |
| 奸猾 | jiān huá | treacherous; crafty |
| 谲 (譎) | jué | (literary) deceitful |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 巧诈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 技巧 | jì qiǎo | skill; technique |
| 巧克力 | qiǎo kè lì | (loanword) chocolate; 块 (kuài) |
| 巧合 | qiǎo hé | coincidence; coincidental |
| 巧妙 | qiǎo miào | ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice |
| 精巧 | jīng qiǎo | elaborate |
| 碰巧 | pèng qiǎo | by chance; by coincidence |
| 诈骗 (詐騙) | zhà piàn | to defraud; to swindle |
| 欺诈 (欺詐) | qī zhà | to cheat |
See also: Japanese symbol for “deceitful”.
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.