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罚款

fá kuǎn · fa kuan

Traditional 罰款

HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to fine
  2. penalty
  3. fine (monetary)
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The parking fine

  1. Dengdeng

    糟了(zāole)，我的(wǒde)自行车(zìxíngchē)停错(tíngcuò)地方(dìfang)，被(bèi)罚款(fákuǎn)了(le)。

    Oh no, I parked my bike in the wrong place and got fined.

  2. Liangliang

    罚款(fákuǎn)多少(duōshao)？

    How much is the fine?

  3. Dengdeng

    二十(èrshí)块(kuài)。

    Twenty yuan.

  4. Liangliang

    还好(háihǎo)，我(wǒ)上次(shàngcì)被(bèi)罚款(fákuǎn)五十(wǔshí)块(kuài)。

    Lucky you. Last time I was fined fifty yuan.

  5. Dengdeng

    这样(zhèyàng)一想(yīxiǎng)，我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)运气(yùnqi)不错(bùcuò)。

    Thinking about it that way, I'm quite lucky today.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

在(zài)新(xīn)加(jiā)坡(pō)的(de)街(jiē)道(dào)上(shàng)扔(rēng)垃(lā)圾(jī)会(huì)被(bèi)罚(fá)款(kuǎn)。

They fine you in Singapore if you throw trash in the streets.

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02

他(tā)因(yīn)为(wèi)违(wéi)章(zhāng)停(tíng)车(chē)被(bèi)罚(fá)款(kuǎn)两(liǎng)百(bǎi)元(yuán)。

He was fined two hundred yuan for parking illegally.

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