伪造

• 拼音: wěi zào
• 汉字拆解: 伪 = 人 (person) + 为 (act) — false, fake, counterfeit; 造 = 辶 (walk) + 告 (report) — to make, create

含义

To forge; to counterfeit; to fabricate. To create a fake document, signature, identity, currency, or evidence with intent to deceive.

伪造 implies deliberate criminal deception — creating something false to pass it off as genuine. 伪造证件 (forging documents/ID), 伪造签名 (forging a signature), 伪造证据 (fabricating evidence), 伪造货币 (counterfeiting currency). 伪造罪 is a criminal offence under Chinese law. Not to be confused with 篡改 (tampering with/altering an existing document) or 伪装 (disguising oneself).

例句

1. 他因伪造学历证书和工作经历骗取职位，最终被公司识破并移交警方处理。
2. 警方经过调查确认，该团伙长期从事伪造护照和签证的违法犯罪活动。
3. 鉴定专家检测后认定，这幅署名名家的画作系伪造，市场价值几乎为零。

用法指南

语境: law, crime, documents

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 任何伪造官方文件的行为都构成犯罪，一经查实将面临刑事处罚。(Any act of forging official documents constitutes a crime — once verified, the perpetrator faces criminal punishment.)
• 这批伪造的名牌商品以假乱真的程度令人咋舌，普通消费者根本难以分辨。(The degree to which these counterfeit branded goods pass as genuine is astonishing — ordinary consumers find it nearly impossible to tell the difference.)

错误说法

• 将伪造与篡改混淆 — 伪造 means creating something false from scratch; 篡改 means altering an existing genuine document; the two are distinct offences

起源与历史

Compound of 伪 (false, counterfeit — 人 person + 为 act: a person acting falsely) + 造 (to make, create — 辶 walk + 告 report). Together: to deliberately manufacture something false.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal