Hanzi
Traditional
懲
Simplified
惩

to punish/to reprimand/to warn

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 7

Pinyin

chéng

Bopomofo

ㄔㄥˊ

Jyutping

cing4

Example sentences

懲罰 / 惩罚 chéngfá
孩子做錯事應該受到懲罰。
孩子做错事应该受到惩罚。

Children should be punished if they do something wrong.

觸犯 / 触犯 chùfàn
任何人觸犯法律都應該受到懲罰。
任何人触犯法律都应该受到惩罚。

Anyone who violates the law should be punished.

嚴懲 / 严惩 yánchéng
政府決定嚴懲所有違法的人。
政府决定严惩所有违法的人。

The government decided to severely punish all people who break the law.

貪污 / 贪污 tānwū
嚴懲貪污腐敗是政府當前的首要任務。
严惩贪污腐败是政府当前的首要任务。

Punishing corruption and bribery is the government's current top priority.

懲治 / 惩治 chéngzhì
政府必須依法懲治詐騙集團。
政府必须依法惩治诈骗集团。

The government must punish fraud rings according to the law.

懲處 / 惩处 chéngchǔ
公司決定懲處違反規定的員工。
公司决定惩处违反规定的员工。

The company decided to punish the employees who violated the rules.

Example Vocabulary

懲罰

cheng2'fa2

to punish; punishment

嚴懲

yan2'cheng2

to punish severely; to give a harsh punishment

懲治

cheng2'zhi4

to punish; to sanction; to bring to justice

嚴懲不貸

懲

cheng2

懲戒

cheng2'jie4

懲罰性

懲處

cheng2'chu3

to punish; to discipline; to penalize

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