刑事犯罪

xíngshìfànzuì

noun #29,661

Meanings

1 criminal offense
2 crime (as distinguished from civil wrong)

Characters

punishment; criminal law

to violate; to commit (a crime); criminal

crime; sin; guilt

Examples

诈骗是一种严重的刑事犯罪。

Zhàpiàn shì yī zhǒng yánzhòng de xíngshì fànzuì.

Fraud is a serious criminal offense.

他因刑事犯罪被捕，面临数年监禁。

Tā yīn xíngshì fànzuì bèi bǔ, miànlín shù nián jiānjìn.

He was arrested for a criminal offense and faces several years in prison.

Tips

grammar

刑事 (criminal) contrasts with 民事 (mínshì, civil). So 刑事犯罪 = criminal offense, 民事诉讼 = civil lawsuit. This distinction is important in legal Chinese.

Stroke Order

刑 xíng

事 shì

犯 fàn

罪 zuì