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哄骗 (hǒng piàn) — to deceive, to hoodwink, to dupe

Definition

哄骗 means to deceive or dupe someone, often through sweet talk or tricks, with a stronger sense of being fooled than 骗 alone. Common in the passive 别被…哄骗了 ('don't be taken in').

verb
to deceiveto hoodwinkto dupe

Examples

  • 哄骗。
    Tā jīng cháng yòng huǎng yán hǒng piàn bié rén.
    He often uses lies to deceive others.
  • 哄骗。
    Bié bèi tā de huā yán qiǎo yǔ hǒng piàn le.
    Don't be deceived by his sweet talk.
  • 哄骗。
    Zhè zhǒng piàn jú hěn róng yì hǒng piàn rén.
    This kind of scam easily deceives people.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

哄hǒngcoax or deceive
骗piàndeceive

哄 and 骗 both mean to deceive, together conveying hoodwinking 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
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
共
共gòng哄hōng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

哄 is made from 口, the mouth part, and 共, the part that gives its sound.

Open 哄 →

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.

Open 骗 →
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