罪
zuì HSK6

crime

罪 zuì frequency
crime noun
a serious offense against the law or a moral principle, including religious sins

他因为犯下杀人罪被判处无期徒刑。

tā yīn​wèi fàn​xià shā​rén zuì bèi pàn​chǔ wú​qī​tú​xíng.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment for committing murder.

guilt noun
the legal or moral state of being responsible for an offense

法官在法庭上判定被告的罪成立。

fǎ​guān zài fǎ​tíng shàng pàn​dìng bèi​gào de zuì chéng​lì.

The judge found the defendant guilty in court.

fault noun
responsibility for a mistake or an unfortunate situation; blame

谁要是把这件事办砸了，那罪可就大了。

shéi yào​shi bǎ zhè jiàn shì bàn​zá le, nà zuì kě jiù dà le.

Whoever messes this up will be in serious trouble.

hardship noun
hardship, suffering, or pain; often used in the phrase 遭罪 zāo​zuì or 受罪 shòu​zuì
suffering noun
hardship, pain, or suffering, often used in the phrase 受罪 shòu​zuì or 遭罪 zāo​zuì
罪 (辠) zuì
crime noun
variant of 罪 zuì, crime

他犯了不可饶恕的罪。

tā fàn le bù​kě ráo​shù de zuì.

He committed an unforgivable sin.

Frequency
Character
Written text
718th most common 269.1 per million
Movie subtitles
480th most common 304.1 per million appears in 57% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
82.3 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
43.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+7F6A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)