(guà) - to deceive & to cheat

Tone 4

guà | 8 strokes | radical: 讠

· guà

to deceive;

to cheat;

to mislead;

to involve in trouble;

to implicate

to deceiveto cheatto mislead

Usage highlights

to deceive and misleadto involve in crimeto implicate othersdeceptive wordsto be misledto deceive the people

Synonyms

  • to cheat; to deceive
  • to deceive; to cheat
  • to mislead; to mistake

Antonyms

  • honest; sincere
  • true; real

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He was deceived by the swindler (被骗子诖骗).
  • The official was implicated in the scandal (官员被诖误).
  • This error misled many people (这个错误诖误了很多人).

Collocations

  • to deceive and mislead(诖误)
  • to involve in crime(诖罪)
  • to implicate others(诖累)
  • deceptive words(诖言)
  • to be misled(被诖)
  • to deceive the people(诖民)

Idioms

  • To deceive and mislead(诖误)
  • To involve in trouble and crime(诖罪)
  • Deceptive and misleading words(诖言惑众)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Originally meant 'to deceive' or 'to mislead' in classical Chinese.
  • Often used in legal and official contexts to describe deception or implication in wrongdoing.
  • The character combines the speech radical (讠) with the phonetic component 圭 (guī).

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