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侵犯

qīn fàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

侵犯 (qīn fàn) means "to infringe on; to encroach on; to violate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 侵犯 means

1. to infringe on
2. to encroach on
3. to violate
4. to assault

The characters in 侵犯

• 侵qīnto invade; to encroach; to infringe
• 犯fànto violate; to offend; to assault

Example sentences

• 他侵犯了她的隐私。
  Tā qīnfàn le tā de yǐnsī.
  He intruded on her privacy.
• 不要侵犯她的隐私。
  Bù yào qīnfàn tā de yǐnsī.
  Don't intrude on her privacy.
• 卫兵神圣,不可侵犯
  Wèibīng shénshèng, bùkěqīnfàn
  The guards are sacred and inviolable.
• 法律不应受到侵犯。
  The law should not be violated.
• 注意不要侵犯她的隐私。
  Zhùyì bù yào qīnfàn tā de yǐnsī.
  Take care not to intrude upon her privacy.
• 这可能会有版权侵犯问题。
  That would be copyright infringement.

Words containing 侵犯

• 性侵犯xìng qīn fànto assault sexually; to molest
• 不可侵犯bù kě qīn fàninviolable
• 互不侵犯hù bù qīn fànnon-aggression
• 神圣不可侵犯shén shèng bù kě qīn fànsacred; inviolable

Sounds the same

Read qīn fàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 钦犯criminal whose arrest has been ordered by the emperor

Where 侵犯 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiè–qīn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qīn fàn correctly.
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