The word 假扮 (jiǎbàn), meaning "to disguise oneself as" or "to pretend to be", is a compound formed through the combination of two meaningful characters: 假 (jiǎ), which means "false", "fake", or "artificial", and 扮 (bàn), which means "to dress up as", "to play the role of", or "to disguise". Together, they create a logical semantic relationship where 假 modifies the action 扮, essentially describing the act of "dressing up in a false manner" or "playing a fake role". This formation follows a common grammatical pattern in Chinese known as a verb-object or modifier-head structure, where the first element (假) describes the nature or quality of the action (扮) that follows, resulting in a precise term for the concept of impersonation or masquerade, as in 假扮警察 (jiǎbàn jǐngchá, "to pretend to be a police officer").