冒
犯

To offend in Chinese: 冒犯 (mào fàn)

mào fàn

to offend

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to offend

Stroke order

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冒
犯

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄠˋ

mào

ㄇ/ mㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄈㄢˋ

fàn

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 冒犯 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我说话直，希望没有冒犯到您。

    wǒ shuō huà zhí， xī wàng méi yǒu mào fàn dào nín。

    I speak bluntly; I hope I haven't offended you.

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Related words

冒

mào

to emit

犯

fàn

to violate

感冒

gǎn mào

to catch cold

冒险

mào xiǎn

to take risks

罪犯

zuì fàn

criminal

犯规

fàn guī

to break the rules

犯罪

fàn zuì

to commit a crime

侵犯

qīn fàn

to infringe on

触犯

chù fàn

to violate

犯愁

fàn chóu

to worry

假冒

jiǎ mào

to impersonate

冒充

mào chōng

to feign

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