# 合法 (héfǎ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 合法 (héfǎ) means “lawful; legitimate; legal”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: lawful; legitimate; legal
- Pinyin: héfǎ (he2 fa3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 我们要保护自己的合法权利。
  Wǒmen yào bǎohù zìjǐ de héfǎ quánlì.
  We must protect our legal rights.

## Characters

- [合](https://hanziro.com/word/he-close/) (hé): to close; to join
- [法](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-law/) (fǎ): law; method

https://hanziro.com/word/he-fa-lawful/

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