Usage of the character 詐

to cheat
to swindle
to pretend
to feign
to draw sb out
to try to extract information by deceit or bluff

qiǎozhà

巧诈

[巧詐]

deceitful
crafty
artful

zhàxiáng

诈降

[詐降]

feigned surrender

zhàqī

诈欺

[詐欺]

fraud
deception

zhàshī

诈尸

[詐屍]

sudden movement of a corpse (superstition)
fig. sudden torrent of abuse

jīzhà

机诈

[機詐]

deceitful

diànzhà

电诈

[電詐]

wire fraud (abbr. for 電信詐騙／电信诈骗 (diànxìnzhàpiàn))

zhàbìng

诈病

[詐病]

to feign illness
to malinger

qiāozhà

敲诈

[敲詐]

to rip off
to extort (money)
extortion
blackmail

zhàhu

诈唬

[詐唬]

to bluff
to bluster
to intimidate

jiǎozhà

狡诈

[狡詐]

crafty
cunning
deceitful

qīzhà

欺诈

[欺詐]

to cheat

zhàyǔ

诈语

[詐語]

falsehood
lies
fabrication

zhàlǐng

诈领

[詐領]

to defraud
to obtain by fraud
to embezzle
fraudulent

xiǎnzhà

险诈

[險詐]

sinister and deceitful

zhàqǔ

诈取

[詐取]

to swindle
to defraud

ézhà

讹诈

[訛詐]

to extort under false pretenses
to blackmail
to bluff
to defraud

zhàqíng

诈晴

[詐晴]

to clear up (of weather after rain)

shèzhà

涉诈

[涉詐]

to be linked to fraudulent activity

zhàsǐ

诈死

[詐死]

to feign death
to fake death

jiānzhà

奸诈

[奸詐]

treachery
devious
a rogue

guǐzhà

诡诈

[詭詐]

sly
treacherous

zhàpiàn

诈骗

[詐騙]

to defraud
to swindle
to blackmail

zhàmào

诈冒

[詐冒]

to claim ownership (of stolen goods)

xūzhà

虚诈

[虛詐]

tricky and hypocritical

zhàpiànzuì

诈骗罪

[詐騙罪]

fraud

qīzhàzhě

欺诈者

[欺詐者]

deceiver

qiāozhàzuì

敲诈罪

[敲詐罪]

extortion

ěryúwǒzhà

尔虞我诈

[爾虞我詐]

lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom)
fig. each tries to outwit the other
deceit and treachery

qiāozhàlèsuǒ

敲诈勒索

[敲詐勒索]

extortion and blackmail (idiom)

diànxìnzhàpiàn

电信诈骗

[電信詐騙]

wire fraud

kuángsānzhàsì

狂三诈四

[狂三詐四]

to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)

wǎngluòqīzhà

网络欺诈

[網絡欺詐]

phishing

jiétān'àozhà

桀贪骜诈

[桀貪驁詐]

brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)

bīngbùyànzhà

兵不厌诈

[兵不厭詐]

there can never be too much deception in war
in war nothing is too deceitful
all's fair in war

qiǎozhàbùrúzhuōchéng

巧诈不如拙诚

[巧詐不如拙誠]

the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom)
honesty is the best policy