虚报

虛報

xūbào

verb #35,865

Meanings

1 to misreport
2 to falsely report
3 to overstate (numbers, figures)

Characters

Examples

公司被发现虚报了销售数字。

Gōngsī bèi fāxiàn xūbào le xiāoshòu shùzì.

The company was found to have misreported its sales figures.

虚报年龄是不诚实的行为。

Xūbào niánlíng shì bù chéngshí de xíngwéi.

Falsifying one's age is dishonest behavior.

Tips

usage

虚 (xū, 'empty/false') + 报 (bào, 'to report') = report something untrue. Common in financial/government contexts: 虚报开支 (false expense claims), 虚报产量 (inflated production figures).

Stroke Order

虚 xū

报 bào