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欺

qī
verb #16,676

Meanings

  1. 1 to deceive
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to bully

Examples

HSK 5
他常常欺骗别人来得到想要的东西。
Tā chángcháng qīpiàn biérén lái dédào xiǎngyào de dōngxi.
He often deceives others to get what he wants.
HSK 6
别想欺我，我知道真相。
Bié xiǎng qī wǒ, wǒ zhīdào zhēnxiàng.
Don't try to fool me; I know the truth.
HSK 7-9
大孩子不应该欺负小孩子。
Dà háizi bù yīnggāi qīfu xiǎo háizi.
Big kids shouldn't bully little ones.

Tips

memory
其 (his/its) + 欠 (owe) - taking what is owed through deception.

Components

radical
欠 qiàn
to yawn; lack
Right side 欠 - pictograph of a person leaning forward with mouth open, originally 'to exhale, gape, yawn.' The indexing radical, marking 欺 in the family of mouth-expression verbs: 歌 to sing, 欢 joy, 歇 to rest. Semantic logic: 欺 is to deceive by speaking - bending toward someone and pouring out false words.
phonetic
其 qí
his; that one (old phonetic)
Left side 其 supplies the sound: qí to qī with tone shift only. 其 originally pictured a woven winnowing-basket on a stand (shape preserved in modern 箕 'dustpan'); later borrowed as third-person pronoun ('his / that one'). Same phonetic family: 期 period, 棋 chess, 旗 banner, 骐 dappled horse - recognising 其 unlocks them all.

Stroke Order

欺 qī