Illegal in Chinese
illegal · HSK 5
违法
- 违 to disobey
- 法 law
开车时打电话是违法的。 Using your phone while driving is illegal.
Other ways to say illegal
More words with 违 or 法
How do you say illegal in Chinese?
Illegal in Chinese is 违法 (wéi fǎ). You can also say 黑色 (hēi sè), 黑 (hēi).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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