Chinese symbol for “hypocrite”
伪君子
wěi jūn zǐ
Traditional: 偽君子
hypocrite
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hypocrite is 伪君子 (wěi jūn zǐ), defined as: hypocrite.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hypocrite”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伪善者 (偽善者) | wěi shàn zhě | hypocrite |
| 乡愿 (鄉愿) | xiāng yuàn | (literary) hypocrite; two-faced person |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伪君子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伪造 (偽造) | wěi zào | to forge; to fake |
| 虚伪 (虛偽) | xū wěi | false; hypocritical |
| 伪装 (偽裝) | wěi zhuāng | to pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as |
| 真伪 (真偽) | zhēn wěi | true or bogus; authenticity |
| 伪善 (偽善) | wěi shàn | hypocritical |
| 君主 | jūn zhǔ | monarch; sovereign |
| 君子 | jūn zǐ | nobleman; person of noble character |
| 君王 | jūn wáng | sovereign king |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hypocrite”.
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.