Chinese symbol for “forgery”
冒牌货
mào pái huò
Traditional: 冒牌貨
fake goods; imitation; forgery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forgery is 冒牌货 (mào pái huò), defined as: fake goods; imitation; forgery.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “forgery”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伪造品 (偽造品) | wěi zào pǐn | counterfeit object; forgery |
| 假报告 (假報告) | jiǎ bào gào | false report; forgery |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冒牌货.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒险 (冒險) | mào xiǎn | to take risks; to take chances |
| 感冒 | gǎn mào | to catch cold; (common) cold |
| 冒犯 | mào fàn | to offend |
| 假冒 | jiǎ mào | to impersonate; to pose as (someone else) |
| 冒充 | mào chōng | to feign; to pretend to be |
| 冒烟 (冒煙) | mào yān | to discharge smoke; to fume with rage |
| 品牌 | pǐn pái | brand; brand name |
| 金牌 | jīn pái | gold medal; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 货币 (貨幣) | huò bì | currency; monetary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forgery”.
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.