"Fake" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 伪造 | wěi zào | to forge / to fake / to counterfeit |   |
| 假货 | jiǎ huò | counterfeit article / fake / dummy / simulacrum | |
| 冒牌 | mào pái | fake / impostor / quack (doctor) / imitation brand | |
| 仿冒 | fǎng mào | to counterfeit / fake | |
| 赝品 | yàn pǐn | fake / counterfeit article | |
| 仿制品 | fǎng zhì pǐn | counterfeit object / fake | |
| 假造 | jiǎ zào | to forge / fake / to fabricate (a story) | |
| 伪造品 | wěi zào pǐn | counterfeit object / forgery / fake | |
| 仿冒品 | fǎng mào pǐn | counterfeit object / imitation / fake / pirated goods | |
| 假冒品 | jiǎ mào pǐn | counterfeit object / fake | |
| 假的 | jiǎ de | bogus / ersatz / fake / mock / phony | |
| 山寨货 | shān zhài huò | fake / imitation or counterfeit product | |
| 李鬼 | Lǐ Guǐ | false hero (who pretends to be 李逵[Li3 Kui2]) / a fake | |
| 模仿品 | mó fǎng pǐn | imitation product / counterfeit / fake | |
| 假冒 | jiǎ mào | to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine) | |
| 真假 | zhēn jiǎ | genuine or fake / true or false | |
| 造假 | zào jiǎ | to counterfeit / to pass off a fake as genuine | |
| 假药 | jiǎ yào | fake drugs | |
| 皮笑肉不笑 | pí xiào ròu bù xiào | to put on a fake smile (idiom) / to smile insincerely | |
| 冒牌货 | mào pái huò | fake goods / imitation / forgery | |
| 鱼目混珠 | yú mù hùn zhū | to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) | |
| 偷梁换柱 | tōu liáng huàn zhù | lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom) | |
| 掺假 | chān jiǎ | to mix in fake material / to adulterate | |
| 掉包 | diào bāo | to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item / to sell a fake for the genuine article / to palm off | |
| 诈死 | zhà sǐ | to feign death / to fake death | |
| 套牌车 | tào pái chē | car with fake plates | |
| 真伪莫辨 | zhēn wěi mò biàn | can't judge true or false (idiom) / unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news) | |
| 伐柯 | fá kē | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker | |
| 假动作 | jiǎ dòng zuò | fake move or pass (sports) / feint | |
| 僞 |  wěi | variant of 偽|伪, false / fake / forged / bogus | |
| 冤假错案 | yuān jiǎ cuò àn | unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case) | |
| 孰真孰假 | shú zhēn shú jiǎ | what is true and what is fake | |
| 搀假 | chān jiǎ | to dilute / to debase (by mixing with fake material) | |
| 玉珉 | yù mín | jade and jade-like stone / impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom) | |
| 发棵 | fā kē | budding | |
| 法科 | fǎ kē | budding | |
| 空心大老官 | kōng xīn dà lǎo guān | fake important personage / sham | |
| 金漆 | jīn qī | copper paint / fake gold leaf | |
| 高仿 | gāo fǎng | imitation / quality fake | |
| 法克 | fǎ kè | fuck (loanword) | |
| 假一赔十 | jiǎ yī péi shí | lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them / fig. (of goods) 100% genuine | |
| A货 | A huò | good-quality fake | |
| 僵尸粉 | jiāng shǐ fěn | "zombie fans", fake followers that can be bought to boost one's popularity on Weibo, Baidu etc | |
| 刷单 | shuā dān | to generate fake transactions in order to game a commercial online platform (one that rewards users who make numerous transactions) | |
| 炒信 | chǎo xìn | (of a business operator) to inflate one's reputation by dishonest means (e.g. posting fake reviews) | |
