mào chōng

HSK 7–9

冒充 (mào chōng) is a Chinese word meaning “to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as”.

Meanings

  1. 1to feign
  2. 2to pretend to be
  3. 3to pass oneself off as
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 冒充

冒mào · to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)充chōng · sufficient; full

Related words

充满full of冒险to take risks冒to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)冒surname Mao冒old variant of 冒[mao4]冒犯to offend充分ample感冒to catch cold补充to replenish充足adequate冒昧bold充电to recharge (a battery)

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