(zuì fàn) - criminal, offender, culprit in Mandarin
zuìfànTraditional: 罪犯
Translation
criminal, offender, culprit
Word origin
A compound of 罪 (zuì, crime, guilt) and 犯 (fàn, to violate, an offender), meaning a person who has committed a crime.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 罪 (zuì, crime) + 犯 (fàn, to offend)
Stroke order
罪
犯
Examples
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The police caught the criminal.
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The offender was put in prison.
判。
The court found the offender guilty.
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This criminal finally confessed.
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They are hunting down the escaped criminal.
罪犯 (zuì fàn) means a criminal or offender, a person who has committed a crime. It is the noun counterpart to the verb 犯罪 (fàn zuì, to commit a crime).
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