宪法 meaning in English

xiànfǎ

constitution (of a country)

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 憲法17 strokes

Meaning of 宪法

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiànfǎ
  1. constitution (of a country)

Measure word: 部

宪法 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

美měi国guó宪xiàn法fǎ写xiě得de很hěn烂làn。
The U.S. Constitution was poorly written.
思sī想xiǎng自zì由yóu为wèi宪xiàn法fǎ所suǒ保bǎo障zhàng。
Freedom of thought is guaranteed by the constitution.
平píng等děng是shì由yóu宪xiàn法fǎ保bǎo障zhàng的de。
Equality is guaranteed by the Constitution.
战zhàn争zhēng不bú是shì轻qīng易yì就jiù应yīng该gāi开kāi始shǐ的de,所suǒ以yǐ也yě不bù能néng够gòu因yīn为wèi像xiàng打dǎ仗zhàng就jiù改gǎi变biàn宪xiàn法fǎ。
War isn't something to be done lightly, also changing the constitution isn't something that should be done because "I just really want to go to war".

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

宪 xiàn · constitution · 9 strokes

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法 fǎ · law · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 宪法.

办法bànfǎway of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem
想法xiǎngfǎway of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
方法fāngfǎmethod; way; technique; procedure
看法kànfǎway of looking at a thing; view
做法zuòfǎway of handling sth; method for making
合法héfǎlawful; legitimate
无法wúfǎunable to; incapable of
法律fǎlǜlaw
法官fǎguānjudge (in court)
法院fǎyuàncourt of law; court
语法yǔfǎgrammar; (computing) syntax
没法儿méifǎr(coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credi

Questions about 宪法

What does 宪法 mean?

宪法 (xiànfǎ) means "constitution (of a country)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 宪法?

宪法 is made of 2 characters: 宪 (9 strokes), 法 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 宪法 an HSK word?

Yes. 宪法 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 宪法 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 宪法 is written 憲法.