HSK 6 · Verbs

冒犯 màofàn “to offend” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 冒犯 means

  1. to offend
  2. to affront

How to say 冒犯

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale冒mào4th 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

冒犯 in a sentence

  1. 无意冒犯！

    Wúyì màofàn!

    No offence!

    Sentence #10064220 from Tatoeba

  2. 他的行为冒犯了我。

    Tā de xíngwéi màofàn le wǒ.

    His behaviour offended me.

    Sentence #850403 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我冒犯到你了。

    Wǒ màofàn dào nǐ le.

    I’ve offended you.

    Sentence #8085413 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 冒犯 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 冒 (mào) with each of its parts in a different colour
冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out
  • 日sun · rì
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
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 冒犯

冒 9 strokes · 犯 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 冒犯

Words with 冒

感冒gǎnmào · catch cold冒险màoxiǎn · to take risks冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as

Words with 犯

触犯chùfàn · to violate侵犯qīnfàn · to infringe罪犯zuìfàn · criminal

More words: Thinking & Talking

留神liúshén · to be careful理智lǐzhì · reason论证lùnzhèng · to prove埋怨mányuàn · to complain勉励miǎnlì · to encourage描绘miáohuì · to depict迷惑míhuò · to confuse评论pínglùn · to comment on

FAQs

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