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拐骗 (guǎi piàn) — to abduct, to kidnap (by trickery); to swindle, to defraud

Definition

拐骗 means deceiving someone in order to take them away or take their money — it covers both abducting people (by trickery) and defrauding them. No listed HSK sibling overlaps; just remember it always implies trickery, not force.

verb
to abductto kidnap (by trickery)to swindleto defraud

Examples

  • 拐骗，。
    Tā guǎi piàn le yí gè hái zi, bèi jǐng chá zhuā le.
    He abducted a child and was caught by police.
  • 拐骗。
    Zhè ge piàn zi guǎi piàn le lǎo rén de qián.
    This swindler swindled the old person's money.
  • 拐骗。
    Tā tōng guò jiǎ xiāo xi guǎi piàn le hěn duō rén.
    He swindled many people through false information.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

拐guǎiabduct
骗piàndeceive

Abducting and swindling are parallel actions forming the word.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
冎
冎guǎ拐guǎi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拐 pairs 扌, a hand radical written in full as 手, with 冎, which provides the sound guǎ.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 騙; 骗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎhorse
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn騙piàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 騙 pairs 馬 (horse) with 扁, which gives the sound; it originally meant to mount a horse by swinging a leg across it. The simplified 骗 is a later abbreviation.

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Appears in
Crime & Police

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