坑骗

坑騙

kēngpiàn

verb #92,110

Meanings

1 to cheat
2 to swindle
3 to con

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

他被一个假网站坑骗了几千块。

Tā bèi yī gè jiǎ wǎngzhàn kēngpiàn le jǐqiān kuài.

He was swindled out of a few thousand yuan by a fake website.

HSK 4

做生意要诚信，不能坑骗顾客。

Zuò shēngyì yào chéngxìn, bùnéng kēngpiàn gùkè.

Doing business requires integrity; you can't cheat your customers.

Tips

memory

坑 literally means 'pit'; used as a verb it's 'to set someone up / dig a pit for'. Combined with 骗 ('deceive'), 坑骗 is dropping someone into a deceitful trap.

Stroke Order

坑 kēng

骗 piàn