非法

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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): ㄈㄟㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ faat³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fî-fap
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hui-hoat

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹ huag⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēifǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄈㄚˇ
  - 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:
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    非法
    飛髮 / 飞发
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fî-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˊ fab^ˋ
  - 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

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
illegal wildlife trade

Synonyms

不合法 (bùhéfǎ)
不法 (bùfǎ) (attributive)

Antonyms

合法 (héfǎ)

Adverb

非法

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

chữ Hán form of phi pháp (“illegal”).

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