再犯

Chinese

		again; once more; next in sequence again; once more; next in sequence; another	to violate; to offend
simp. and trad. (再犯)		再	犯

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàifàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi³ faan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàifàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàifàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-fan⁴
    • Yale: dzài-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayfann
    • Palladius: цзайфань (czajfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi³ faan⁶
    • Yale: joi faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi³ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi³ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³³ faːn²²/

Verb

再犯

1. to violate again; to intrude again
2. to make a mistake again
3. (law) to reoffend
4. (medicine) to get sick again; to relapse

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàifàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi³ faan^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàifàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàifàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-fan⁴
    • Yale: dzài-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayfann
    • Palladius: цзайфань (czajfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi³ faan^6-2
    • Yale: joi fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi³ faan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi³ fan^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³³ faːn²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

再犯

1. (law) repeat offender; recidivist

Japanese

Kanji in this term
再	犯
さい Grade: 5	はん Grade: 5
kan’on

Kanji in this term
再	犯
さい Grade: 5	ぼん Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ihã̠ɴ]

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ibõ̞ɴ]

Noun

再(さい)犯(はん) or 再(さい)犯(ぼん) • (saihan or saibon) 

1. second offense; a crime committed after a previous crime

   Synonym: 累犯 (ruihan)

   Antonym: 初犯 (shohan)

2. repeat offender; recidivist; a person who commits a crime after being punished for an earlier crime

Usage notes

The pronunciation さいぼん (saibon) is uncommon, and perhaps obsolete.

References

• “再犯”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000