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.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
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.
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