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惩

chéng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 懲

What 惩 means

1. to punish
2. to reprimand
3. to warn

Example sentences

• 汤姆要惩罚我。
  Tom wanted to punish me.
• 他不喜欢被惩罚。
  Tā bù xǐhuan bèi chéngfá.
  He does not like being punished.
• 我己经被惩罚了。
  I've already been punished.
• 他应当受到惩罚。
  He needs to be punished.
• 您为什幺惩罚他们？
  What are you punishing them for?
• 你为什么惩罚他们？
  What are you punishing them for?

Words starting with 惩

• 惩罚chéng fápenalty; punishment; to punish
• 惩处chéng chǔto punish; to administer justice
• 惩治chéng zhìto punish
• 惩戒chéng jièto discipline; reprimand
• 惩办chéng bànto punish (someone); to take disciplinary action against (someone)
• 惩罚性chéng fá xìngpunitive
• 惩恶扬善chéng è yáng shànto uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
• 惩前毖后chéng qián bì hòulit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom)…
• 惩一儆百chéng yī jǐng bǎilit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom); fig. to make an example of sb
• 惩恶劝善chéng è quàn shànsee 惩恶扬善
• 惩一警百chéng yī jǐng bǎivariant of 惩一儆百

Words containing 惩

• 严惩yán chéngto punish severely
• 奖惩jiǎng chéngrewards and penalties
• 重惩zhòng chéngto punish severely
• 严惩不贷yán chéng bù dàito punish severely (idiom)
• 劝善惩恶quàn shàn chéng èto encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice…
• 小惩大诫xiǎo chéng dà jièlit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to…

Characters that look like 惩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 惑huòto confuse; to be puzzled
• 悠yōulong or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 愁chóuto worry about
• 焕huàn(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail

Sounds the same

Read chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 宬(literary) archive room; library…