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假

gēi · gei/jiǎ · jia/jià · jia

Traditional 叚

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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gēi 假

  1. used in 假掰 (gēi bāi)

jiǎ 假

  1. fake
  2. false
  3. artificial
  4. to borrow
  5. if
  6. suppose

jià 假

  1. vacation

jiǎ 叚

  1. variant of 假 (jiǎ)
  2. to borrow
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The fake flower

  1. Liangliang

    你家(nǐjiā)这盆(zhèpén)花(huā)好(hǎo)漂亮(piàoliang)，还(hái)开(kāi)着(zhe)呢(ne)！

    Your flowers are so pretty, and still in bloom!

  2. Dengdeng

    哈哈(hāhā)，这(zhè)是(shì)假(jiǎ)花(huā)。

    Ha ha, these are fake flowers.

  3. Liangliang

    假(jiǎ)的(de)？我(wǒ)刚才(gāngcái)还(hái)想(xiǎng)浇水(jiāoshuǐ)！

    Fake? I just wanted to water them!

  4. Dengdeng

    假(jiǎ)花(huā)不用(bùyòng)浇水(jiāoshuǐ)，也(yě)不会(bùhuì)死(sǐ)。

    Fake flowers need no water, and they never die.

  5. Liangliang

    这盆(zhèpén)假(jiǎ)花(huā)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)也(yě)想(xiǎng)买(mǎi)一盆(yīpén)。

    These fake flowers are great. I want a pot too.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

谣(yáo)言(yán)最(zuì)后(hòu)被(bèi)证(zhèng)明(míng)是(shì)假(jiǎ)的(de)。

The rumor turned out to be false.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by mailohilohi · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

假(jiǎ)的(de)钻(zuàn)石(shí)和(hé)真(zhēn)的(de)钻(zuàn)石(shí)有(yǒu)什(shén)么(me)分(fēn)别(bié)？

What is the difference between imitation and real diamonds?

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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