逃犯 (táo fàn) — escaped criminal; fugitive | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

escaped criminalfugitive

Measure word · 个

Examples

逃犯。
Jǐng fāng zhèng zài quán lì zhuī bǔ zhè míng táo fàn.
The police are doing their best to pursue this fugitive.
逃犯。
Nà ge táo fàn yǐ jīng zài wài táo le sān nián.
That escaped criminal has been on the run for three years.
逃犯。
Tōng jī lìng shàng yǒu wǔ gè táo fàn de zhào piàn.
The wanted notice has photos of five fugitives.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

犯fàncriminal

An escaped criminal: 逃 says the person fled, and 犯 names the criminal.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辶兆逃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

兆

兆zhào逃táo

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

逃 pairs 辶 (walk) with 兆, which gives the pronunciation.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢎘

𢎘𢎘犯fàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

犯 combines 犬 and 𢎘: 犬 gives the meaning, and 𢎘 gives the sound.

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