犯 (faan6 faan6*2 | fan4) : offend; violate; invade; criminal

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犯

faan6 faan6*2

fan4

[1] [v] offend; violate; go against
[2] [v] invade; attack; encroach on
[3] [n] criminal; convict; culprit
[4] [國] [v] suffer recurrence of (illness, bad habit, etc)

1. Jyutping faan6*2 is often used as last syllable of a bi- or multi-syllabic noun.
2. [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 犬 (#94)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

犯

This word has been viewed 7895 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Aug 2016 14:02

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罪犯 zeoi6 faan6*2 zui4 fan4 = criminal; offender

冒犯 mou6 faan6 mao4 fan4 = offend; affront

觸犯 cuk1/zuk1 faan6 chu4 fan4 = to offend

侵犯 cam1 faan6 qin1 fan4 = to encroach; to infringe; to violate

違犯 wai4 faan6 wei2 fan4 = to violate; to infringe

犯法 faan6 faat3 fan4 fa3 = to commit a crime, to break the law

犯罪 faan6 zeoi6 fan4 zui4 = to commit a crime, to break the law

犯人 faan6 jan4 fan4 ren2 = convict; prisoner

犯渾 faan6 wan6 fan4 hun2 = unreasonable 國

囚犯 cau4 faan6*2 qiu2 fan4 = [1] a prisoner; [2] a convict
See all 47 compounds (CantoDict reports 52 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 犯

囚犯們企圖逃跑, 但是失敗了。國
The prisoners attempted to escape but failed.

這些囚犯被分批帶出去槍斃了。國
The prisoners were led out in batches and shot.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 犯
Unicode code for this character: U+72af (off-site link)

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