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zhà

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zhà Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhà | zha4
English translation
to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous

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About zhà

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zhà

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

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Etymology of zhà

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言乍

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

zhà

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and zhà represents the sound. Simplified form of zhà .

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Words with zhà

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
诈骗 zhàpiàn to defraud詐騙
欺诈 qī zhà to cheat欺詐
敲诈 qiāo zhà to rip off敲詐
zhà to cheat zhà
敲诈勒索 qiāo zhà lè suǒ extortion and blackmail (idiom)敲詐勒索
诈骗罪 zhà piàn zuì fraud詐騙罪
狡诈 jiǎo zhà craft狡詐
奸诈 jiān zhà treachery奸詐
讹诈 é zhà to blackmail訛詐
尔虞我诈 ěr yú wǒ zhà each tries to outwit the other爾虞我詐
诈欺 zhà qī fraud詐欺
诡诈 guǐ zhà sly詭詐
诈死 zhà sǐ to feign death詐死
诈取 zhà qǔ to swindle詐取
兵不厌诈 bīng bù yàn zhà all's fair in war兵不厭詐
诈唬 zhà hu to bluff詐唬
诈降 zhà xiáng feigned surrender詐降
险诈 xiǎn zhà sinister and deceitful險詐
机诈 jī zhà deceitful機詐
欺诈者 qī zhà zhě deceiver欺詐者
诈病 zhà bìng to malinger詐病
巧诈 qiǎo zhà deceitful巧詐
虚诈 xū zhà tricky and hypocritical虛詐
诈冒 zhà mào to claim ownership (of stolen goods)詐冒

zhà Decomposition & Compounds

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