罪犯

zuìfàn

Traditional: 罪犯

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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

Stroke order for 罪

Stroke order for 犯

Examples

The police caught the criminal.

The offender was put in prison.

pàn

The court found the offender guilty.

This criminal finally confessed.

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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This word is part of lesson 39.