tou4 faan2逃犯
Jyutpingtou4 faan2
Yaletòuh fáan
Definition
Escaped criminal; a fugitive from justice who is running or hiding to evade capture and prosecution.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal contexts like news reports or legal discussions rather than casual conversation. When speaking informally, people often use descriptive phrases like 走咗佬嘅犯人 or simply 走咗佬嘅人 to refer to someone who has fled.
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I heard that the fugitive is hiding nearby.
Have the police caught the fugitive yet?
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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.
