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chéng

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chéng Meaning

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

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About chéng

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

chéng

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Etymology of chéng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

徴心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

zhēng

Explanation

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

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Words with 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
chéng to punish 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

chéng Decomposition & Compounds

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