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惩罚

chéng fá

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 懲罰

惩罚 (chéng fá) means "penalty; to punish". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 惩罚 means

1. penalty
2. punishment
3. to punish

The characters in 惩罚

• 惩chéngto punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 罚fáto punish; to penalize; to fine

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 惩罚

• 惩罚性chéng fá xìngpunitive

Sounds the same

Read chéng fá, tone for tone, but written differently.

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Where 惩罚 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chēng–chí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chéng fá correctly.
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