主犯

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	to violate; to offend
simp. and trad. (主犯)		主	犯

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² faan^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-hoǎn / chú-hoān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔfàn
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-fan⁴
    • Yale: jǔ-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juufann
    • Palladius: чжуфань (čžufanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu² faan^6-2
    • Yale: jyú fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² faan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² fan^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ faːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-hoǎn
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-huǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huan²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-hoān
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw'hoan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huan²²/

Noun

主犯

1. prime culprit; principal criminal or offender
   • 2020, National People's Congress, Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China‎^{s:zh:中华人民共和国刑法}:

     組織、領導犯罪集團進行犯罪活動的或者在共同犯罪中起主要作用的，是主犯。 [MSC, trad.]
     组织、领导犯罪集团进行犯罪活动的或者在共同犯罪中起主要作用的，是主犯。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zǔzhī, lǐngdǎo fànzuì jítuán jìnxíng fànzuì huódòng de huòzhě zài gòngtóng fànzuì zhōng qǐ zhǔyào zuòyòng de, shì zhǔfàn. [Pinyin]

     A principal criminal refers to any person who organizes and leads a criminal group in carrying out criminal activities or plays a principal role in a joint enterprise.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	犯
しゅ Grade: 3	はん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅはん [shùháń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨhã̠ɴ]

Noun

主(しゅ)犯(はん) • (shuhan) ^{←しゆはん (syufan)?}

1. (including figuratively) prime culprit; principal criminal or offender

Synonyms

• 主犯格(しゅはんかく) (shuhan-kaku)

Coordinate terms

• 従犯(じゅうはん) (jūhan, “accomplice”)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN