制
裁

To punish in Chinese: 制裁 (zhì cái)

zhì cái

to punish

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to punish
  2. 2punishment
  3. 3sanctions (incl. economic)

Stroke order

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制
裁

Zhuyin

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ㄓˋ

zhì

ㄓ/ zhˋ/ fourth tone

ㄘㄞˊ

cái

ㄘ/ cㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 国家对那个公司实行了制裁。

    guó jiā duì nà ge gōng sī shí xíng le zhì cái。

    The country imposed sanctions on that company.

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Related words

裁

cái

to cut out (as a dress)

制

zhì

system

限制

xiàn zhì

to restrict

制造

zhì zào

to manufacture

复制

fù zhì

to duplicate

控制

kòng zhì

to control

制定

zhì dìng

to draw up

制度

zhì dù

system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)

制作

zhì zuò

to make

总裁

zǒng cái

chairman

研制

yán zhì

to research and manufacture

制订

zhì dìng

to work out

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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