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假扮 (jiǎ bàn) — to masquerade as, to disguise oneself as, to pretend to be (someone else)

Definition

To disguise oneself as someone else (often to deceive or blend in). Slightly stronger and more deliberate than 装 (zhuāng) 'to pretend', which can also cover faking feelings or states.

verb
to masquerade asto disguise oneself asto pretend to be (someone else)

Examples

  • 假扮。
    Tā jiǎ bàn chéng jǐng chá hùn jìn le dà lóu.
    He disguised himself as a policeman and sneaked into the building.
  • ，假扮。
    Zài wàn shèng jié wǎn huì shàng, tā jiǎ bàn chéng le yí gè nǚ wū.
    At the Halloween party, she dressed up as a witch.
  • 假扮。
    Xiǎo tōu jiǎ bàn chéng kuài dì yuán jìn rù le xiǎo qū.
    The thief pretended to be a deliveryman and entered the neighborhood.

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.

假jiǎfake
扮bàndisguise

假 'fake' and 扮 'disguise' combine to mean pretending to be someone.

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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
叚
叚jiǎ假jiǎ
Same sound today

假 pairs 亻 (person) with 叚, which gives the sound jiǎ.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
分
分fēn扮bàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

扮 pairs 扌 (hand, written in full as 手) with 分, which gives its sound.

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