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呵斥

hē chì

2-character word

What 呵斥 means

1. to berate; to excoriate; to chide

The characters in 呵斥

• 呵hē(bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onomatopoeia) laughter (usu. reduplicated)
• 斥chìto blame; to reprove; to reprimand

Sounds the same

Read hē chì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诃斥variant of 呵斥
• 呵叱variant of 呵斥
• 诃叱variant of 呵斥

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