冒牌
mào pái
Pinyin

Definition

冒牌
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mào pái
  1. fake
  2. impostor
  3. quack (doctor)
  4. imitation brand

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

品牌
pǐn pái
  1. 1 brand name
  2. 2 trademark
感冒
gǎn mào
  1. 1 to catch cold
  2. 2 (common) cold
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
  4. 4 (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative)
  5. 5 (Tw) to detest
  6. 6 can't stand
假冒
jiǎ mào
  1. 1 to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose as (someone else)
  3. 3 to counterfeit
  4. 4 to palm off (a fake as a genuine)
冒
mào
  1. 1 old variant of 冒[mào]
冒充
mào chōng
  1. 1 to feign
  2. 2 to pretend to be
  3. 3 to pass oneself off as
冒烟
mào yān
  1. 1 to discharge smoke
  2. 2 to fume with rage
冒犯
mào fàn
  1. 1 to offend
冒险
mào xiǎn
  1. 1 to take risks
  2. 2 to take chances
  3. 3 foray
  4. 4 adventure
冒雨
mào yǔ
  1. 1 to brave the rain
名牌
míng pái
  1. 1 famous brand
  2. 2 nameplate
  3. 3 name tag
大牌
dà pái
  1. 1 strong card
  2. 2 honor card (card games)
  3. 3 very popular or successful person
  4. 4 self-important
底牌
dǐ pái
  1. 1 cards in one's hand
  2. 2 (fig.) undisclosed strength or information
  3. 3 hidden trump
感冒药
gǎn mào yào
  1. 1 medicine for colds
打牌
dǎ pái
  1. 1 to play mahjong or cards
招牌
zhāo pai
  1. 1 signboard
  2. 2 shop sign
  3. 3 reputation of a business
牌
pái
  1. 1 mahjong tile
  2. 2 playing card
  3. 3 game pieces
  4. 4 signboard
  5. 5 plate
  6. 6 tablet
  7. 7 medal
  8. 8 CL:片[piàn],個|个[gè],塊|块[kuài]
牌坊
pái fāng
  1. 1 memorial arch
牌型
pái xíng
  1. 1 hand (in mahjong or card games)
牌子
pái zi
  1. 1 sign
  2. 2 trademark
  3. 3 brand
牌局
pái jú
  1. 1 gambling get-together
  2. 2 game of cards, mahjong etc

Idioms (3)

冒名顶替
mào míng dǐng tì
  1. 1 to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose under a false name
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too

Sample Sentences

可不是嘛，这第二点，免税品，无论是当地免税店，机场免税店抑或是飞机客舱服务中贩售的免税商品质量都有保障，免除了在部分电子商务平台购得冒牌货的后顾之忧。
kěbushì ma ，zhè dì èr diǎn ，miǎn shuì pǐn ，wúlùn shì dāngdì miǎn shuì diàn ，jīchǎng miǎn shuì diàn yìhuò shì fēijī kècāng fúwù zhōng fànshòu de miǎn shuì shāngpǐn zhìliàng dōu yǒu bǎozhàng ，miǎnchú le zài bùfen diànzǐshāngwù píngtái gòudé màopáihuò de hòugùzhīyōu 。
Right? Secondly, duty-free goods, whether it’s local duty-free shops, duty-free shops at airports or duty free goods sold during cabin service on the plane, are all reliable in terms of quality, relieving you of the worry over the risk that you might be buying counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms.
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谁让你给我买阿迪王的？冒牌货！
shéi ràng nǐ gěi wǒ mǎi ādíwáng de ？màopáihuò ！
Who made you buy Adivon? It's a knockoff!
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啊？我还以为这种事情早没了。今年，美国星巴克告上海一家用了相同名字的咖啡店，结果法院判上海星巴克侵权，赔偿50万元，而且立即停止使用这个名字。哎，真没想到，市场上还是有这样的冒牌货。
ā ？wǒ hái yǐwéi zhèzhǒng shìqing zǎo méi le 。jīnnián ，Měiguó xīngbākè gào Shànghǎi yī jiā yòng le xiāngtóng míngzi de kāfēidiàn ，jiéguǒ fǎyuàn pàn Shànghǎi xīngbākè qīnquán ，péicháng wǔshí wàn yuán ，érqiě lìjí tíngzhǐ shǐyòng zhège míngzi 。āi ，zhēn méixiǎngdào ，shìchǎng shàng hái shì yǒu zhèyàngde màopáihuò 。
Huh? I thought that this type of thing wasn’t happening anymore. This year, Starbucks America sued a Shanghai coffee shop that was using the same name. The outcome was that the court ruled that the Shanghai Starbucks infringed on the rights of Starbucks, and had to pay compensation in the amount of 500,000 yuan. Furthermore, they were to immediately stop using the same name. Wow, I had no idea there were still these kinds of imitations on the market.
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