初犯

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	to violate; to offend
simp. and trad. (初犯)		初	犯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ faan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-hoān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chufàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-fan⁴
    • Yale: chū-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chufann
    • Palladius: чуфань (čufanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ faan⁶
    • Yale: chō faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ faːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-hoān
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zho'hoan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² huan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ huan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² huan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan³³/

Verb

初犯

1. to commit a crime for the first time

Noun

初犯

1. first offender

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	犯
しょ Grade: 4	はん Grade: 5
kan'on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞hã̠ɴ]

Noun

初(しょ)犯(はん) • (shohan) 

1. first offense; a crime committed by someone who has not committed previous crimes

   Antonyms: 再犯 (saihan), 累犯 (ruihan)

2. first-time offender; a person charged with a crime for the first time