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罪

zuì

HSK 6 Character

What 罪 means

1. guilt
2. crime
3. fault
4. blame
5. sin

Other readings

罪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zuìvariant of {罪|zuì}, crime

Example sentences

• 我没有罪。
  I'm not guilty.
• 他承认有罪。
  He confessed that he was guilty.
• 这是战争罪。
  This is a war crime.
• 纳命来赎罪。
  Repay your sins with your life.
• 替罪羊就是他。
  Tìzuìyáng jiùshì tā.
  He's the scapegoat.
• 比尔没有犯罪。
  Bill did not commit the crime.

Words starting with 罪

• 罪犯zuì fàncriminal
• 罪恶zuì ècrime; evil; sin
• 罪行zuì xíngcrime; offense
• 罪名zuì míngcharge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation
• 罪过zuì guosin; offense
• 罪人zuì rénsinner
• 罪魁祸首zuì kuí huò shǒu(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
• 罪孽zuì nièsin; crime; wrongdoing
• 罪状zuì zhuàngcharges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense
• 罪责zuì zéguilt
• 罪案zuì àna criminal case
• 罪性zuì xìngsinful nature
• 罪有应得zuì yǒu yīng déguilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement…
• 罪刑zuì xíngcrime and punishment; penalty for a crime
• 罪恶感zuì è gǎnfeeling of guilt
• 罪大恶极zuì dà è jíguilty of terrible crimes (idiom); reprehensible
• 罪与罚Zuì yǔ FáCrime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
• 罪行累累zuì xíng lěi lěihaving an extensive criminal record
• 罪魁zuì kuícriminal ringleader; chief culprit; fig. cause of a problem
• 罪疚zuì jiùguilt
• 罪恶滔天zuì è tāo tiān(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes
• 罪愆zuì qiānsin; offense
• 罪该万死zuì gāi wàn sǐ(idiom) deserving the severest punishment; death is too good for sb

Words containing 罪

• 得罪dé zuìto commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal)
• 受罪shòu zuìto endure; to suffer; hardships
• 犯罪fàn zuìto commit a crime; crime; offense
• 无罪wú zuìinnocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime)
• 有罪yǒu zuìguilty
• 认罪rèn zuìto admit guilt; to plead guilty
• 赎罪shú zuìto atone for one's crime; to buy freedom from punishment; redemption
• 定罪dìng zuìto convict (sb of a crime)
• 怪罪guài zuìto blame
• 谢罪xiè zuìto apologize for an offense; to offer one's apology for a fault
• 原罪yuán zuìoriginal sin
• 死罪sǐ zuìcapital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies
• 替罪羊tì zuì yángscapegoat
• 刑事犯罪xíng shì fàn zuìcriminal offense
• 遭罪zāo zuìto endure hardship; to suffer
• 重罪zhòng zuìserious crime; felony
• 治罪zhì zuìto punish sb (for a crime)
• 畏罪wèi zuìto dread punishment; afraid of being arrested for a crime
• 赔罪péi zuìto apologize
• 诈骗罪zhà piàn zuìfraud
• 代罪dài zuìto act as a scapegoat; to take the blame for sb else
• 入罪rù zuìto criminalize (an activity)
• 出罪chū zuì(law) to exempt from punishment
• 问罪wèn zuìto denounce; to condemn; to call to account

Characters that look like 罪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 瑟sèa type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
• 葬zàngto bury (the dead); to inter
• 裹guǒto wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang…
• 蔑mièto belittle; nothing
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 巽xùnto obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; ☴

Sounds the same

Read zuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 醉intoxicated
• 蕞to assemble; small
• 晬1st birthday of a child
• 檇wooden pestle or rammer
• 槜see 槜李; see 槜李