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饬

chì

Character Traditional 飭

What 饬 means

1. bound formto put in order
2. to arrange properly
3. circumspect
4. well-behaved
5. to give (sb) an order

Words containing 饬

• 严饬yán chìcareful; precise
• 整饬zhěng chì(literary) to put in good order; to make shipshape; (literary) orderly; neat; tidy
• 申饬shēn chìto warn; to blame; to rebuke
• 雅饬yǎ chìelegant orderliness; poise
• 捯饬dáo chi(colloquial) to doll up; to spruce up; to zhoosh up

Sounds the same

Read chì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 翅(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 赤red; scarlet; bare
• 斥to blame; to reprove; to reprimand
• 敕imperial orders
• 炽to burn; to blaze; splendid
• 叱to scold; shout at; to hoot at
• 彳step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60); see also 彳亍
• 踅walk with one leg
• 啻only (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just
• 抶beat; flog
• 傺to detain; to hinder
• 敇Imperial command or edict

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