HSK 6 · Society

罪犯 zuìfàn “criminal” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 罪犯 means

  1. criminal
  2. offender

How to say 罪犯

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale罪zuì4th 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

罪犯 in a sentence

  1. 那些人是罪犯吗？

    Nàxiē rén shì zuìfàn ma?

    Are those people criminals?

    Sentence #10272599 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 罪犯 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 罪 (zuì) with each of its parts in a different colour
罪zuìguilt
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎng
  • 非wrong · fēi
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 罪犯

罪 13 strokes · 犯 5 strokes

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

Words related to 罪犯

Words with 罪

得罪dézuì · to offend受罪shòuzuì · to suffer

Words with 犯

冒犯màofàn · to offend触犯chùfàn · to violate侵犯qīnfàn · to infringe

More words: Society & Law

鞭炮biānpào · firecrackers传统chuántǒng · tradition道德dàodé · virtue地位dìwèi · position追究zhuījiū · to investigate驻扎zhùzhā · to be stationed宗教zōngjiào · religion走私zǒusī · to smuggle

FAQs

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