Chinese symbol for “impostor”
冒名
mào míng
an impostor; to impersonate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for impostor is 冒名 (mào míng), defined as: an impostor; to impersonate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “impostor”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冒名.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “impostor”.
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.