# 冒充 (màochōng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 冒充 (màochōng) means “to pretend to be; to pose as”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to pretend to be; to pose as
- Pinyin: màochōng (mao4 chong1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 有人冒充工作人员来欺骗顾客。
  Yǒurén màochōng gōngzuò rényuán lái qīpiàn gùkè.
  Someone posed as a staff member to trick customers.

## Characters

- [冒](https://hanziro.com/word/mao-emit/) (mào): to emit; to give off
- [充](https://hanziro.com/word/chong-fill/) (chōng): to fill; to serve as

https://hanziro.com/word/mao-chong-pretend-be/

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