hung3 zeoi6控罪
Jyutpinghung3 zeoi6
Yalehung jeuih
Definition
Charge; a criminal offence that someone is accused of.
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How it's used
Used primarily in legal and formal news contexts to refer to specific criminal accusations. While it functions as a noun, it is almost always paired with a classifier like 項 or 條 when discussing the number of charges brought against a defendant.
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hong6項honghExamples
He was accused of two charges.
The judge dropped this charge.
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 罪行, which is a broader term for a crime or criminal act in general. Use 控罪 specifically when referring to the formal legal charges filed by a prosecutor in court.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
