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惩罚 chéngfá

惩罚 chéngfá Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 惩罚 chéngfá .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chéngfá | cheng2 fa2
English translation
penalty
punishment
to punish

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About 惩罚 chéngfá

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Traditional form

懲罰
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Etymology of 惩罚 chéngfá

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chéng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

zhēng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

征心

Number of Strokes

12

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

wǎng 讠刂

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 惩罚 chéngfá

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由于 yóuyú shì 初犯 chū fàn , 惩罚 chéngfá jiào qīng .

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

忽必烈 Hū bì liè hán 准备 zhǔnbèi le Zhī 庞大 pángdà de 舰队 jiàn duì jūn , lái 惩罚 chéngfá 这个 zhè ge 服从 fúcóng 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 Jiào biān nán 学生 xuésheng 作为 zuòwéi 惩罚 chéngfá .

English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.

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

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

zài Shū de 结尾 jié wěi 那个 nà ge 孩子 háizi de 真实 zhēnshí 身份 shēnfèn 大白于世坏人 huài rén 得到 dé dào le 应有 yīng yǒu de 惩罚 chéngfá

At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.

惩罚 chéngfá Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 惩罚 chéngfá and their own compounds.

惩罚 chéngfá Compounds

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