違

wéi

disobey, violate, defy; be apart from

How to write 違, stroke by stroke

to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against

Pictophonetic: semantic 辶 (walk), phonetic 韋

Made of 辶 + 韋

違反wéi fǎnto violate (a law)
違法wéi fǎillegal; to break the law
違背wéi bèito go against; to be contrary to; to violate
違抗wéi kàngto disobey
違規wéi guīto violate the rules
違約wéi yuēto break a promise; to violate an agreement; to default (on a loan or contract)
久違jiǔ wéi(haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met
有違yǒu wéito run counter to
違章wéi zhāngto break the rules; to violate regulations
違禁wéi jìnto violate a prohibition or ban; prohibited; illicit
違禁品wéi jìn pǐnprohibited goods; contraband
事與願違shì yǔ yuàn wéithings turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)

那違背了我做人的原則。
nà wéi bèi le wǒ zuò rén de yuán zé 。
That runs against my principles.
你知道這是違法的，對吧？
nǐ zhī dào zhè shì wéi fǎ de ， duì ba ？
You know this is illegal, don't you?
那可與你說你會做的相違。
nà kě yǔ nǐ shuō nǐ huì zuò de xiāng wéi 。
That's not what you said you'd do.
如果你違反了法律, 你將受到懲罰。
rú guǒ nǐ wéi fǎn le fǎ lǜ , nǐ jiāng shòu dào chéng fá 。
You'll be punished if you break the law.
我自己也因違例泊車而被罰了許多次款。
wǒ zì jǐ yě yīn wéi lì bó jū ér bèi fá le xū duō cì kuǎn 。
I've paid parking fines a number of times myself.