冒犯
màofàn
to offend; to affront
Characters in this word
犯 fàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 㔾 seal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我无意冒犯任何宗教习俗，只是想了解仪式背后的历史含义。 Wǒ wúyì màofàn rènhé zōngjiào xísú, zhǐ shì xiǎng liǎojiě yíshì bèihòu de lìshǐ hányì. I did not mean to offend any religious custom; I only wanted to understand the historical meaning behind the ritual.
- 如果我的话冒犯了您，我向您道歉。 Rúguǒ wǒ de huà màofàn le nín, wǒ xiàng nín dàoqiàn. If my words offended you, I apologise.
- 他开玩笑太随便，冒犯了新来的同事。 Tā kāi wánxiào tài suíbiàn, màofàn le xīn lái de tóngshì. His joking was too casual and offended the new colleague.
Related words
- 感冒 gǎnmào to catch a cold
- 冒 mào to give off; to brave
- 冒险 màoxiǎn to take a risk
- 假冒 jiǎmào to counterfeit; to impersonate
- 冒充 màochōng to impersonate; to pass oneself off as
- 冒昧 màomèi presumptuous; to take the liberty
- 犯 fàn to commit a crime, to violate
- 触犯 chùfàn to violate; to offend
- 犯愁 fànchóu to worry; to be troubled by
- 犯规 fànguī to break rules; to commit a foul
- 犯罪 fànzuì to commit a crime; crime
- 侵犯 qīnfàn to infringe upon; to violate; to encroach on