# 涉嫌 (shèxián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 涉嫌 (shèxián) means “to be suspected of (a crime)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be suspected of (a crime)
- Pinyin: shèxián (she4 xian2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那名男子因涉嫌诈骗被捕。
  Nà míng nánzǐ yīn shèxián zhàpiàn bèi bǔ.
  That man was arrested on suspicion of fraud.

## Characters

- 涉 (shè): to wade across a body of water; to experience
- [嫌](https://hanziro.com/word/xian-dislike/) (xián): to dislike; to suspect

https://hanziro.com/word/she-xian-be-suspected/

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