Definify.com

Definition 2024

要犯

要犯

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	to violate; to offend
simp. and trad. (要犯)		要	犯

Noun

要犯

important or major criminal

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yàofàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ faan²
Min Nan (POJ): iàu-hoǎn / iàu-hoān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàofàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawfann
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ faan²
  - Yale: yiu fáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ faan²
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ fɑːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-hoǎn
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-huǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huan²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-hoān
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'hoan
  - IPA (Taipei): /iaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ huan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ huan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ huan²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ huan²²/