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罪犯

zuì fàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

罪犯 (zuì fàn) means "criminal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 罪犯 means

1. criminal

The characters in 罪犯

• 罪zuìguilt; crime; fault
• 犯fànto violate; to offend; to assault

Example sentences

• 那些人是罪犯吗？
  Nàxiē rén shì zuìfàn ma?
  Are they criminals?
• 警方能够找到罪犯。
  Jǐngfāng nénggòu zhǎodào zuìfàn.
  The police were able to find the criminal.
• 罪犯没有放人质们走。
  Zuìfàn méiyǒu fàng rénzhìmen zǒu.
  The criminal didn't let the hostages go.
• 美国的罪犯大多是吸毒成瘾的瘾君子。
  Měiguó de zuìfàn dàduō shì xīdúchéngyǐn de yǐnjūnzǐ.
  Many criminals in the United States are addicted to drugs.
• 有一个危险的罪犯从监狱里逃了出来。
  A dangerous criminal escaped from prison.
• 法律架构的存在，使战争罪犯的责任可以追究。
  Legal frameworks exist to hold war criminals accountable.

Where 罪犯 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Telephone Lines, Crime & Justice (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 zuì fàn correctly.
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