越狱犯

越獄犯

yuèyùfàn

noun #37,355

Measure Word

一名越狱犯 míng

Meanings

1 escaped prisoner
2 prison-breaker
3 fugitive

Characters

to cross / jump over

criminal / offender

Examples

警方正在搜捕一名越狱犯。

Jǐngfāng zhèngzài sōubǔ yì míng yuèyùfàn.

The police are hunting an escaped prisoner.

那个越狱犯昨晚被抓获了。

Nàge yuèyùfàn zuówǎn bèi zhuāhuò le.

That fugitive was caught last night.

Tips

memory

越 (yuè, to cross/jump over) + 狱 (yù, prison) + 犯 (fàn, criminal/offender) = 'jail-jumping criminal'. The verb form 越狱 (yuèyù, to break out of prison) is also the Chinese title of the US TV series Prison Break (《越狱》).

Stroke Order

越 yuè

狱 yù

犯 fàn