# 敲诈 (qiāozhà)

In Mandarin Chinese, 敲诈 (qiāozhà) means “to extort; to blackmail; extortion”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to extort; to blackmail; extortion
- Pinyin: qiāozhà (qiao1 zha4)
- Traditional: 敲詐
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 犯罪分子试图敲诈这家公司。
  Fànzuì fènzǐ shìtú qiāozhà zhè jiā gōngsī.
  The criminals attempted to extort this company.

## Characters

- [敲](https://hanziro.com/word/qiao-knock/) (qiāo): to knock; to strike
- 诈 (zhà): to cheat; to swindle

https://hanziro.com/word/qiao-zha-extort/

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