非法

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (非法)		非	法
simp. #(非法)		非	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēifǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ faat³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fî-fap
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hui-hoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹ huag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēifǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feifǎ
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-fa³
    • Yale: fēi-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feifaa
    • Palladius: фэйфа (fɛjfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fei¹ faat³
    • Yale: fēi faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 非法 飛髮／飞发

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî-fap
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi´ fab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹ fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /fi²⁴ fap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: hui-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hui'hoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹ huag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui huak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³⁻²³ huak̚²/

Note: hui1 huag4 - Shantou.

Adjective

非法

1. illegal; unlawful

   取締非法收入／取缔非法收入  ―  qǔdì fēifǎ shōurù  ―  to ban illegal earnings

   非法傳銷／非法传销  ―  fēifǎ chuánxiāo  ―  illegal multi-level marketing

   非法傾倒廢料／非法倾倒废料  ―  fēifǎ qīngdào fèiliào  ―  illegal dumping of waste

   非法野生動物交易 [MSC, trad.]
   非法野生动物交易 [MSC, simp.]

   fēifǎ yěshēng dòngwù jiāoyì [Pinyin]

   illegal wildlife trade

Synonyms

• 不合法 (bùhéfǎ)
• 不法 (bùfǎ) (attributive)

 

Antonyms

• 合法 (héfǎ)

 

Adverb

非法

1. illegally

   非法聚賭／非法聚赌  ―  fēifǎ jùdǔ  ―  to gather and gamble illegally

   非法羈留／非法羁留  ―  fēifǎ jīliú  ―  to illegally detain

Derived terms

• 非法化 (fēifǎhuà)
• 非法拘禁 (fēifǎ jūjìn)
• 非法禁錮／非法禁锢 (fēifǎ jìngù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (非法):

• → Japanese: 非(ひ)法(ほう) (hihō)
• → Korean: 비법(非法) (bibeop)
• → Vietnamese: phi pháp (非法)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
非	法

Adjective

非法

1. chữ Hán form of phi pháp (“illegal”).