pin3 ceoi2騙取骗取
Jyutpingpin3 ceoi2
Yalepin chéui
Definition
To cheat someone out of their money or property; to obtain by deception.
colloquialmoney
How it's used
While 騙取 is the formal term used in news reports or legal contexts, native speakers almost exclusively use 呃走 to describe the act of swindling someone out of their belongings. Using 騙取 in casual conversation sounds overly stiff or like you are reading from a police report. The structure 呃走 implies a successful completion of the theft through deception.
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Common phrases
to swindle money and property
to trick someone out of their savings
Common mistake
Learners often confuse 呃 with 騙. Remember that 呃 is the standard colloquial verb for cheating or lying, whereas 騙取 is a formal compound that specifically denotes the act of obtaining something through fraud.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
