Dictionary › 法
法
fǎ
What 法 means
- law
- method
- way
- to emulate
- Buddhismdharma
- (abbr. for {法家|Fǎ jiā}) the Legalists
- physicsfarad (abbr. for {法拉|fǎ lā})
Other readings
Example sentences
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没办法。There's nothing that can be done.
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没办法啦There's nothing I can do.
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法国万岁。Fǎguó wànsuì.Long live France.
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你别犯法。Nǐ bié fànfǎ.You are not to break the law.
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没办法了。It can't be helped.
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法不责众。Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Words starting with 法
- 法律fǎ lǜlaw
- 法国Fǎ guóFrance
- 法轮fǎ lún(Buddhism) Dharma wheel – symbol of Buddhist teaching and its spread
- 法院fǎ yuàncourt of law; court
- 法人fǎ rénlegal person; corporation; see also 自然人
- 法语Fǎ yǔFrench (language)
- 法规fǎ guīlegislation; statute
- 法官fǎ guānjudge (in court)
- 法庭fǎ tíngcourt of law
- 法制fǎ zhìlegal system and institutions
- 法师fǎ shīone who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)
- 法学fǎ xuélaw; legal studies
- 法定fǎ dìngstatutory; law-based; legal
- 法文Fǎ wénFrench language
- 法治fǎ zhìrule of law; to rule by law
- 法西斯fǎ xī sīfascist (loanword)
- 法则fǎ zélaw; rule; code
- 法子fǎ ziway; method; Taiwan pr. fá zi
- 法郎fǎ lángfranc
- 法案fǎ ànbill; proposed law
- 法兰克福Fǎ lán kè fúFrankfurt, Germany
- 法学院fǎ xué yuànlaw school
- 法宝fǎ bǎoBuddha's teaching; Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc; (Daoism) magic weapon
- 法兰西Fǎ lán xīFrance
Words containing 法
- 无法wú fǎunable to; incapable of
- 方法fāng fǎmethod; way; technique; procedure
- 办法bàn fǎway of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem
- 看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing; view; opinion
- 语法yǔ fǎgrammar
- 合法hé fǎlawful; legitimate; legal
- 想法xiǎng fǎway of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
- 非法fēi fǎillegal
- 宪法xiàn fǎconstitution (of a country)
- 司法sī fǎjudicial; (administration of) justice
- 手法shǒu fǎtechnique; trick; skill
- 书法shū fǎcalligraphy; handwriting; penmanship
- 想方设法xiǎng fāng shè fǎto think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means…
- 说法shuō faway of speaking; wording; formulation
- 做法zuò fǎway of handling sth; method for making; work method
- 没办法méi bàn fǎthere is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it
- 没法méi fǎat a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
- 依法yī fǎlegal (proceedings); according to law
- 违法wéi fǎillegal; to break the law
- 魔法mó fǎenchantment; magic
- 执法zhí fǎto enforce a law; law enforcement
- 立法lì fǎto enact laws; to legislate
- 用法yòng fǎusage
- 设法shè fǎto try; to make an attempt; to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
Characters built on 去
These share the phonetic component 去 (qù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 法
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
- 绘huìto draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
- 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
- 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
- 沽gūto buy; to sell
- 珐fàused in 珐琅
Sounds the same
Read fǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.
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