HSK 5 · Society

罚款 fákuǎn “to fine” in Chinese

Traditional 罰款

What 罚款 means

  1. to fine
  2. penalty
  3. fine (monetary)

How to say 罚款

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale罚fá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale款kuǎn3rd tone, dipping

罚款 in a sentence

  1. 在新加坡的街道上扔垃圾会被罚款。

    Zài Xīnjiāpō de jiēdào shàng rēng lājī huì bèi fákuǎn.

    In Singapore, you get fined for dropping litter in the street.

    Sentence #5576760 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 罚款 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 罚 (fá) with each of its parts in a different colour
罚fáto punish; to penalise; to fine
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎng
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo
The character 款 (kuǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
款kuǎnsection
  • 士scholar · shì
  • 示sign · shì
  • 欠yawn · qiànMeaning part

How to write 罚款

罚 9 strokes · 款 12 strokes

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

Words related to 罚款

Words with 罚

惩罚chéngfá · to punish

Words with 款

付款fùkuǎn · to pay a sum of money贷款dàikuǎn · a loan款式kuǎnshì · style款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)条款tiáokuǎn · clause

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FAQs

罚款 (fákuǎn) means “to fine” or “penalty”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fákuǎn: fá with a 2nd tone, then kuǎn with a 3rd 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, 罚款 is written 罰款. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fakuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 罚款 from the suggestions. Typing fakuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
罚款 is an HSK 5 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.