冒充
mào chōng
Pinyin

Definition

冒充
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mào chōng
  1. to feign
  2. to pretend to be
  3. to pass oneself off as

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

充值
chōng zhí
  1. 1 to recharge (money onto a card)
充值卡
chōng zhí kǎ
  1. 1 rechargeable card
  2. 2 to recharge a card
充满
chōng mǎn
  1. 1 full of
  2. 2 brimming with
  3. 3 very full
  4. 4 permeated
感冒
gǎn mào
  1. 1 to catch cold
  2. 2 (common) cold
  3. 3 classifier: 场 cháng
  4. 4 classifier: 次 cì
  5. 5 (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative)
  6. 6 (Tw) to detest
  7. 7 can't stand
假冒
jiǎ mào
  1. 1 to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose as (someone else)
  3. 3 to counterfeit
  4. 4 to palm off (a fake as a genuine)

Idioms (9)

充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
  1. 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
充饥止渴
chōng jī zhǐ kě
  1. 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
冒名顶替
mào míng dǐng tì
  1. 1 to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose under a false name
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
打肿脸充胖子
dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi
  1. 1 lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities

Sample Sentences

天啊，原来我的感觉是对的！你的QQ被盗了！刚才有人冒充你跟我聊天，还让我帮他在网上买东西，我差点儿就上当了！
tiān a ，yuánlái wǒ de gǎnjué shì duì de ！nǐ de QQ bèi dào le ！gāngcái yǒurén màochōng nǐ gēn wǒ liáotiān ，hái ràng wǒ bāng tā zài wǎngshàng mǎi dōngxi ，wǒ chàdiǎnr jiù shàngdàng le ！
My god! It's just as I thought! Your QQ has been hacked! Somebody tried to pass themselves off as you when talking with me, and make me help them buy something online. I was almost fooled!
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不会吧？！还好你警觉性高，知道打电话跟我确认一下。哎呀，不知道这个骗子有没有冒充我骗其他的朋友。我得赶快想办法跟QQ里的亲朋好友们打个招呼，提醒他们别掉进骗子的圈套里。
bùhuì ba ？！hái hǎo nǐ jǐngjuéxìng gāo ，zhīdào dǎ diànhuà gēn wǒ quèrèn yīxià 。āiyā ，bù zhīdào zhè ge piànzi yǒumeiyǒu màochōng wǒ piàn qítā de péngyou 。wǒ děi gǎnkuài xiǎng bànfǎ gēn QQ lǐ de qīnpénghǎoyǒumen dǎ gè zhāohu ，tíxǐng tāmen bié diào jìn piànzi de quāntào lǐ 。
No way! You were very cautious and knew to give me a call to check. Jeez, I wonder if this con-artist has pretended to be me and cheated my other friends. I should think of a way to talk to my close friends on QQ as soon as I can, and alert them not to fall for this con-artist's trap.
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璐璐，我们走吧！敢冒充我学长，我给他喝辣椒水！
Lùlu ，wǒmen zǒu ba ！gǎn màochōng wǒ xuézhǎng ，wǒ gěi tā hē làjiāoshuǐ ！
Lulu, let's go! He was pretending to be my classmate so I gave him some pepper spray to drink!
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