HSK 6 · Society

侵犯 qīnfàn “to infringe” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 侵犯 means

  1. to infringe
  2. to violate
  3. to infringe on
  4. to encroach on
  5. to assault

How to say 侵犯

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale侵qīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale犯fàn4th tone, falling

侵犯 in a sentence

  1. 他侵犯了她的隐私。

    Tā qīnfàn le tā de yǐnsī.

    He invaded her privacy.

    Sentence #1780725 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 不要侵犯她的隐私。

    Búyào qīnfàn tā de yǐnsī.

    Don’t invade her privacy.

    Sentence #1780724 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 法律不应受到侵犯。

    Fǎlǜ bù yīng shòudào qīnfàn.

    The law must not be violated.

    Sentence #775467 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 侵犯 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 侵 (qīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
侵qīnto invade
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 又again · yòu
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 侵犯

侵 9 strokes · 犯 5 strokes

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

Words related to 侵犯

Words with 侵

侵略qīnlüè · invasion

Words with 犯

冒犯màofàn · to offend触犯chùfàn · to violate罪犯zuìfàn · criminal

More words: Society & Law

迫害pòhài · to persecute抢劫qiǎngjié · to rob强制qiángzhì · compulsory谴责qiǎnzé · to condemn情报qíngbào · intelligence歧视qíshì · to discriminate against权威quánwēi · authority取缔qǔdì · to ban

FAQs

侵犯 (qīnfàn) means “to infringe” or “to violate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīnfàn: qīn with a 1st 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.
Yes. 侵犯 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qinfan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 侵犯 from the suggestions. Typing qinfan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
侵犯 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.