Chinese symbol for “impersonator”

冒名顶替者

mào míng dǐng tì zhě

Traditional: 冒名頂替者

impersonator; impostor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for impersonator is 冒名顶替者 (mào míng dǐng tì zhě), defined as: impersonator; impostor.

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Characters and stroke order

冒 mào

to risk, to brave, to dare

radical 13 ⼌ · 9 strokes

名 míng

name; position, rank, title

radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

顶 dǐng

top, summit, peak; to carry on the head

radical 181 ⾴ · 8 strokes

替 tì

to change, to replace, to substitute for

radical 73 ⽈ · 12 strokes

者 zhě

that which; they who; those who

radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

頂 dǐng

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冒名顶替者.

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
名字	míng zi	name (of a person or thing)
著名	zhù míng	famous; noted
屋顶 (屋頂)	wū dǐng	roof
代替	dài tì	to replace; to take the place of
记者 (記者)	jì zhě	reporter; journalist; 个 (gè)

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.