# 得罪 (dézui)

In Mandarin Chinese, 得罪 (dézui) means “to offend (someone)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to offend (someone)
- Pinyin: dézui (de2 zui5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Other readings: dézuì — to commit an offense; to violate the law

## Examples

- 我不小心得罪了那位客户。
  Wǒ bù xiǎoxīn dézuile nà wèi kèhù.
  I accidentally offended that client.

## Characters

- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker
- [罪](https://hanziro.com/word/zui-crime/) (zuì): crime; guilt

https://hanziro.com/word/de-zui-offend/

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