詐 (zaa3 | zha4) : deceive; swindle; pretend; feign

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詐

zaa3

zha4

[1] deceive; swindle; cheat; defraud
[2] pretend; feign; fake; bluff

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

詐 / 诈

This word has been viewed 9133 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Jan 2011 01:04

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詐喊 zaa3 haam3 zha4 han3 = pretend to cry 粵

詐騙 zaa3 pin3 zha4 pian4 = to cheat; to bilk

詐型 zaa3 jing4 zha4 xing2 = complain, moan, whinge

詐傻扮懵 zaa3 so4 baan6 mung2 = play the fool 粵

詐死 zaa3 sei2 = act opossum; play dead

敲詐 haau1 zaa3 qiao1 zha4 = to blackmail

詐詐諦諦 zaa3 zaa3 dai3 dai3 = to pretend / the act of pretending 粵

詐詐諦 zaa3 zaa3 dai3 = to pretend / the act of pretending 粵

詐取 zaa3 ceoi2 = swindle

奸詐 gaan1 zaa3 jian1 zha4 = crafty; sly; treacherous; fraudulent
See all 31 compounds (CantoDict reports 28 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 詐
Unicode code for this character: U+8a50 (off-site link)

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