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冒犯

冒犯

Chinese

		brave; bold; to cover	to violate; to offend
simp. and trad. (冒犯)		冒	犯

Verb

冒犯

to offend

我不是故意冒犯你。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

Wǒ búshì gùyì màofàn nǐ. [Pinyin]

I didn't mean to offend you.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): màofàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄈㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ faan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo-fam
Min Nan (POJ): bō͘-hoān / mō͘-hoān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: màofàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄈㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawfann
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁶ faan⁶
  - Yale: mouh faahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ faan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² fɑːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo-fam
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo fam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo⁴ fam⁴
  - IPA: /mo⁵⁵ fam⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-hoān / mō͘-hoān
  - Tâi-lô: bōo-huān / mōo-huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxhoan, moxhoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ huan²²/, /mɔ²²⁻²¹ huan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² huan⁴¹/, /mɔ⁴¹⁻²² huan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ huan²²/, /mɔ²²⁻²¹ huan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³⁻¹¹ huan³³/, /mɔ³³⁻¹¹ huan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³⁻²¹ huan³³/, /mɔ³³⁻²¹ huan³³/