诈骗罪 (zhà piàn zuì) — (crime of) fraud

Definition

noun

(crime of) fraud

Examples

诈骗罪。
Tā yīn wèi zhà piàn zuì bèi pàn le sān nián yǒu qī tú xíng.
He was sentenced to three years in prison for fraud.
诈骗罪。
Jǐng fāng zhèng zài diào chá zhè qǐ zhà piàn zuì.
The police are investigating this fraud case.
诈骗罪。
zhà piàn zuì Shì yì zhǒng yán zhòng de jīng jì fàn zuì.
Fraud is a serious economic crime.

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deceive/cheat

诈zhàdeceive骗piàncheat

联合Coordinate

罪zuìcrime

诈骗 (deceive/cheat) + 罪 (crime): the crime of 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 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

罒非罪