# 罚款 (fákuǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 罚款 (fákuǎn) means “fine (penalty); to fine”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: fine (penalty); to fine
- Pinyin: fákuǎn (fa2 kuan3)
- Traditional: 罰款
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 开车闯红灯需要交罚款。
  Kāichē chuǎng hóngdēng xūyào jiāo fákuǎn.
  Running a red light requires paying a fine.

## Characters

- [罚](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-punish/) (fá): to punish; to penalize
- 款 (kuǎn): section; paragraph

https://hanziro.com/word/fa-kuan-fine/

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