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罚款

fá kuǎn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 罰款

罚款 (fá kuǎn) means "to fine". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 罚款 means

1. to fine
2. penalty
3. fine (monetary)

The characters in 罚款

• 罚fáto punish; to penalize; to fine
• 款kuǎnsection; paragraph; funds

Example sentences

• 肯因超速被罚款7000日元。
  Kěn yīn chāosù bèi fákuǎn 7000 Rìyuán.
  Ken was fined 7,000 yen for speeding.
• 在新加坡的街道上扔垃圾会被罚款。
  Zài Xīnjiāpō de jiēdào shàng rēng lājī huì bèi fákuǎn.
  They fine you in Singapore if you throw trash in the streets.

Where 罚款 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Business, Trade & Finance (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fá kuǎn correctly.
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