非法 meaning in English

fēifǎ

illegal

HSK 7-9adjective16 strokes

Meaning of 非法

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fēifǎ
  1. illegal

非法 in example sentences

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

许xǔ多duō人rén能néng够gòu非fēi法fǎ进jìn入rù美měi国guó。
Many are able to enter the USA illegally.
我wǒ没méi有yǒu做zuò过guò非fēi法fǎ的de事shì。
I've never done anything illegal in my life.
赌dǔ博bó是shì非fēi法fǎ的de。
Gambling is illegal.
在zài加jiā拿ná大dà有yǒu很hěn多duō区qū域yù砍kǎn伐fá树shù木mù是shì非fēi法fǎ的de。
In Canada, there are many areas where it is illegal to log trees.
杀shā害hài大dà象xiàng、老lǎo虎hǔ等děng濒bīn危wēi物wù种zhǒng,不bù仅jǐn是shì残cán忍rěn的de,也yě是shì非fēi法fǎ的de。
Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.

Stroke order for each character

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

非 fēi · to not be · 8 strokes

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法 fǎ · law · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 非法.

非常fēichángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary
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

Questions about 非法

What does 非法 mean?

非法 (fēifǎ) means "illegal" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 非法?

非法 is made of 2 characters: 非 (8 strokes), 法 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 非法 an HSK word?

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