Chinese symbol for “pretense”
伪装
wěi zhuāng
Traditional: 偽裝
to pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as; pretense; disguise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pretense is 伪装 (wěi zhuāng), defined as: to pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as; pretense; disguise; (military) to camouflage; camouflage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pretense”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伪装.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伪造 (偽造) | wěi zào | to forge; to fake |
| 虚伪 (虛偽) | xū wěi | false; hypocritical |
| 真伪 (真偽) | zhēn wěi | true or bogus; authenticity |
| 伪君子 (偽君子) | wěi jūn zǐ | hypocrite |
| 伪善 (偽善) | wěi shàn | hypocritical |
| 武装 (武裝) | wǔ zhuāng | arms; equipment |
| 装备 (裝備) | zhuāng bèi | equipment; to equip |
| 安装 (安裝) | ān zhuāng | to install; to erect |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pretense”.
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.