Chinese word dictionary

冒犯

màofàn · to offend

Practice word

Word information

Simplified冒犯

Traditional冒犯

Pinyinmàofàn

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

冒mào

to risk, to brave, to dare

犯fàn

criminal; to violate, to commit a crime

How to learn 冒犯

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Words with the same characters

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感冒gǎnmào

to catch cold; (common) cold; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand

犯fàn

to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)

冒mào

old variant of 冒[mao4]; surname Mao; to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover

冒险màoxiǎn

to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure

触犯chùfàn

to violate; to offend

犯愁fànchóu

to worry; to be anxious