诈骗犯 (zhà piàn fàn) — fraudster, swindler

Definition

noun

fraudsterswindler

Measure word · 个

Examples

诈骗犯。
Nà ge zhà piàn fàn bèi jǐng chá zhuā le.
That swindler was caught by the police.
诈骗犯。
Zhè ge zhà piàn fàn piàn le hěn duō rén de qián.
This fraudster cheated many people out of their money.
诈骗犯。
Jǐng fāng zhèng zài zhuī bǔ yì míng zhà piàn fàn.
The police are hunting for a fraudster.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

诈骗fraud

诈zhàdeceive骗piàncheat

联合Side by side

犯fàncriminal

“诈骗” (deceive/cheat) and “犯” (criminal) together name a person who commits fraud.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 詐; 诈 is its simplified writing.

言乍詐

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yán

Sound part声符shēngfú

乍

乍zhà詐zhà

Same sound today

The traditional form 詐 shows 言 (speech) plus 乍 as a sound part; the simplified 诈 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 诈 →

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.

馬扁騙

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.

Open 骗 →

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

犬犬quǎn

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢎘

𢎘𢎘犯fàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

犯 combines 犬 and 𢎘: 犬 gives the meaning, and 𢎘 gives the sound.

Open 犯 →

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