Chinese symbol for “swindle”
骗局
piàn jú
Traditional: 騙局
a swindle; a trap; a racket; a scam
The closest CC-CEDICT match for swindle is 骗局 (piàn jú), defined as: a swindle; a trap; a racket; a scam; 场 (chǎng).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “swindle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拐骗 (拐騙) | guǎi piàn | swindle; abduct |
| 诈取 (詐取) | zhà qǔ | to swindle; to defraud |
| 骗 (騙) | piàn | to cheat; to swindle |
| 赚 (賺) | zuàn | to cheat; to swindle |
| 坑人 | kēng rén | (coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骗局.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骗子 (騙子) | piàn zi | swindler; a cheat |
| 欺骗 (欺騙) | qī piàn | to deceive; to cheat |
| 诈骗 (詐騙) | zhà piàn | to defraud; to swindle |
| 骗人 (騙人) | piàn rén | to cheat sb; a scam |
| 骗取 (騙取) | piàn qǔ | to gain by cheating |
| 当局 (當局) | dāng jú | authorities |
| 局长 (局長) | jú zhǎng | bureau chief; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè) |
| 布局 (佈局) | bù jú | arrangement; composition |
See also: Japanese symbol for “swindle”.
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.