HSK 6 · Society

触犯 chùfàn “to violate” in Chinese

Traditional 觸犯

What 触犯 means

  1. to violate
  2. to offend

How to say 触犯

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale触chù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale犯fàn4th tone, falling

触犯 in a sentence

  1. 他触犯了法律。

    Tā chùfàn le fǎlǜ.

    He broke the law.

    Sentence #451441 from Tatoeba

  2. 触犯法律的人受到惩罚。

    Chùfàn fǎlǜ de rén shòudào chéngfá.

    People who break the law are punished.

    Sentence #775468 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 他触犯会规，被踢出了俱乐部。

    Tā chùfàn huìguī, bèi tīchū le jùlèbù.

    He broke the club’s rules and was kicked out.

    Sentence #349729 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 触犯 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 触 (chù) with each of its parts in a different colour
触chùto touch
  • 角horn · jiǎoMeaning part
  • 虫insect · chóngSound part

角 hints at the meaning (horn); 虫 (chóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chù.

The character 犯 (fàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
犯fànto violate
  • 犭dog form of 犬 · quǎnMeaning part
  • 㔾seal · jiéSound part

犭 hints at the meaning (dog); 㔾 (jié) hints at the sound. Compare it with fàn.

How to write 触犯

触 13 strokes · 犯 5 strokes

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触犯 (chùfàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 触犯 (chùfàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 触犯

Words with 触

接触jiēchù · to touch

Words with 犯

冒犯màofàn · to offend侵犯qīnfàn · to infringe罪犯zuìfàn · criminal

More words: Society & Law

惩罚chéngfá · to punish称号chēnghào · title成员chéngyuán · member冲突chōngtū · conflict处分chǔfèn · disciplinary action慈善císhàn · charity大臣dàchén · minister (of a monarchy)打官司dǎguānsi · to go to court

FAQs

触犯 (chùfàn) means “to violate” or “to offend”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chùfàn: chù with a 4th tone, then fàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 触犯 is written 觸犯. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chufan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 触犯 from the suggestions. Typing chufan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
触犯 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.