犯
fàn HSK6

commit crime

犯 fàn
violate verb
to violate laws, regulations, or commit a crime or mistake

他承认自己犯了一个严重的错误。

tā chéng​rèn zì​jǐ fàn le yī gè yán​zhòng de cuò​wù.

He admitted that he had made a serious mistake.

recur verb
the recurrence or breaking out of an illness, bad habit, or negative state

这种病在潮湿的天气里容易犯。

zhè zhǒng bìng zài cháo​shī de tiān​qì lǐ róng​yì fàn.

This disease is prone to flare up in humid weather.

offend verb
to offend, assault, or encroach upon someone or their territory

人不犯我，我不犯人。

rén bù fàn wǒ, wǒ bù fàn rén.

I will not attack unless I am attacked.

criminal noun
a person who has committed a crime; a convict or prisoner

这名潜逃多年的要犯终于在边境被警方抓获了。

zhè míng qián​táo duō nián de yào​fàn zhōng​yú zài biān​jìng bèi jǐng​fāng zhuā​huò le.

The key fugitive, who had been on the run for many years, was finally caught by the police at the border.

Frequency
Character
Written text
767th most common 243.4 per million
Movie subtitles
393rd most common 378.3 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
123.6 per million appears in 39% of films
Written text
49.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+72AF

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