mēngshì

蒙事

Word · VerbTraditional矇事

to cheat; to swindle; to hoodwink

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to cheat or deceive someone; to pull off a scam

dialect

方言词汇,主要用于北方口语。指用不高明的、糊弄人的手段行骗。

Nǐ你
bié别
tīng听
tā他
xiā瞎
shuō说
 ,
tā他
gēn根
běn本
bù不
dǒng懂
 ,
jiù就
shì是
zài在
zhèr这
mēng儿
shì蒙
ne事
 呢
 。

Don't listen to his nonsense; he doesn't understand at all, he's just here to hoodwink people.

Nà那
ge个
suàn算
mìng命
de的
yī一
kàn看
jiù就
shì是
mēng蒙
shì事
de的
 ,
zhuān专
piàn骗
lǎo老
nián年
rén人
 。

That fortune-teller is obviously a fraud at first glance, specializing in swindling elderly people.

Show 2 more examples
Tā他
méi没
shá啥
zhēn真
běn本
shi事
 ,
quán全
kào靠
yī一
zhāng张
zuǐ嘴
zài在
wài外
miàn面
mēng蒙
shì事
 。

He doesn't have any real skills, relying entirely on smooth talk to scam people outside.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
jiǎ假
zhuān专
jiā家
 ,
jiù就
kào靠
mēng蒙
shì事
hùn混
fàn饭
chī吃
 。

These kinds of fake experts just get by through deception.