Chinese symbol for “offend”
冒犯
mào fàn
to offend
The closest CC-CEDICT match for offend is 冒犯 (mào fàn), defined as: to offend.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “offend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犯 | fàn | to violate; to offend |
| 触犯 (觸犯) | chù fàn | to violate; to offend |
| 冲撞 (衝撞) | chōng zhuàng | to collide; jerking motion |
| 惹人 | rě rén | to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc); to offend |
| 絓 | guà | to hinder; to offend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冒犯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒险 (冒險) | mào xiǎn | to take risks; to take chances |
| 感冒 | gǎn mào | to catch cold; (common) cold |
| 假冒 | jiǎ mào | to impersonate; to pose as (someone else) |
| 冒充 | mào chōng | to feign; to pretend to be |
| 冒烟 (冒煙) | mào yān | to discharge smoke; to fume with rage |
| 犯罪 | fàn zuì | to commit a crime; crime; offense |
| 侵犯 | qīn fàn | to infringe on; to encroach on |
| 罪犯 | zuì fàn | criminal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “offend”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.