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惩 chéng

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惩 chéng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chéng | cheng2
English translation
to punish
to reprimand
to warn
to discipline, to punish, to reprimand, to warn

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About 惩 chéng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

懲 chéng

Contains the radical

心 xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Etymology of 惩 chéng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱征心

Semantic compound

心 xīn

Phonetic compound

征 zhēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 心 xīn represents the meaning and 征 zhēng represents the sound. Simplified form of 懲 chéng .

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Example sentences using 惩 chéng

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由于 yóuyú 他 tā 是 shì 初犯 chū fàn , 惩罚 chéngfá 较 jiào 轻 qīng .

Because it was his first offence , the punishment wasn't too severe.

忽必烈 Hū bì liè 汗 hán 准备 zhǔnbèi 了 le 一 yī 支 Zhī 庞大 pángdà 的 de 舰队 jiàn duì 和 hé 陆 Lù 军 jūn ,来 lái 惩罚 chéngfá 这个 zhè ge 拒 jù 不 bù 服从 fúcóng 的 de 统治者 tǒng zhì zhě .

Kublai khan prepared a great fleet and army with which to punish the recalcitrant ruler.

英国 Yīng guó 小学老师过去 guòqu 常用 cháng yòng 教 Jiào 鞭 biān 打 dá 男 nán 学生 xuésheng 作为 zuòwéi 惩罚 chéngfá .

English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.

一些 yī xiē 人 rén 屡屡 lǚ lǚ 犯罪 fàn zuì 却 què 从未 cóng wèi 受到 shòudào 惩戒 chéng jiè ，这真让 ràng 我 wǒ 气愤 qì fèn 。

It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished.

他们 tā men 呼吁 hūyù 当局 dāng jú 将 jiāng 蓄奴定为一种 yī zhǒng 应该 yīnggāi 受到 shòudào 惩罚 chéngfá 的 de 罪行 zuì xíng 。

They called on the authorities to make slavery a punishable offence.

Words with 惩 chéng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
惩罚 chéngfá penalty懲罰
严惩 yán chéng to punish severely嚴懲
惩治 chéng zhì to punish懲治
惩处 chéng chǔ to punish懲處
奖惩 jiǎng chéng rewards and penalties獎懲
惩 chéng to punish懲 chéng
惩戒 chéng jiè to discipline懲戒
惩罚性 chéng fá xìng punitive懲罰性
惩办 chéng bàn to punish (someone)懲辦
严惩不贷 yán chéng bù dài to punish severely (idiom)嚴懲不貸
惩前毖后 chéng qián bì hòu lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again懲前毖後
惩恶扬善 chéng è yáng shàn to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)懲惡揚善
重惩 zhòng chéng to punish severely重懲
劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è you get what's coming to you勸善懲惡
惩一儆百 chéng yī jǐng bǎi fig. to make an example of sb懲一儆百
惩恶劝善 chéng è quàn shàn to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)懲惡勸善
小惩大诫 xiǎo chéng dà jiè lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition小懲大誡
惩一警百 chéng yī jǐng bǎi fig. to make an example of sb懲一警百

惩 chéng Decomposition & Compounds

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惩 chéng Decomposition

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