骗术 (piàn shù) — deceitful trick; ruse; scam

Definition

noun

deceitful trickrusescam

Examples

骗术。
Tā yòng le hěn duō piàn shù lái piàn bié rén de qián.
He used many tricks to cheat other people's money.
骗术。
Jǐng fāng tí xǐng dà jiā yào xiǎo xīn gè zhǒng piàn shù.
The police remind everyone to be careful of all kinds of scams.
骗术，。
Zhè zhǒng piàn shù bìng bù gāo míng, hěn róng yì bèi shí pò.
This kind of trick is not clever at all and is easily seen through.

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.

骗piàndeceive

术shùtechnique

骗 means deceive, and 术 means technique, giving a technique for deceiving.

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 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

行行xíngstreet, path

Sound part声符shēngfú

朮

朮zhú術shù

Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

Open 术 →

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