Chinese symbol for “deceive”
欺骗
qī piàn
Traditional: 欺騙
to deceive; to cheat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deceive is 欺骗 (qī piàn), defined as: to deceive; to cheat.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “deceive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蒙 (矇) | mēng | to deceive; to cheat |
| 哄 | hǒng | to deceive; to coax |
| 蒙蔽 | méng bì | to deceive; to hoodwink |
| 哄骗 (哄騙) | hǒng piàn | to deceive; to cheat |
| 谩 (謾) | mán | to deceive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 欺骗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欺负 (欺負) | qī fu | to bully |
| 欺诈 (欺詐) | qī zhà | to cheat |
| 欺凌 | qī líng | to bully and humiliate |
| 欺压 (欺壓) | qī yā | to bully; to push around |
| 自欺欺人 | zì qī qī rén | to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies |
| 骗子 (騙子) | piàn zi | swindler; a cheat |
| 骗局 (騙局) | piàn jú | a swindle; a trap |
| 诈骗 (詐騙) | zhà piàn | to defraud; to swindle |
See also: Japanese symbol for “deceive”.
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.