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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 冒充

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
冒充 mào chōng - to feign
- to pretend to be
- to pass oneself off as

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 8 9,827 12,588 9,813

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
mào- surname Mao
mào- to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)
- to brave; to face
- (bound form) reckless
- to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign
- (literary) to cover
mào- old variant of 冒[mao4]
chōng- sufficient; full
- to fill
- to serve as; to act as
- to act falsely as; to pose as

Other Words Containing 冒充

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
冒充 6 8 9,827 12,588 9,813