Penalty in Chinese: 惩罚 (chéng fá)

chéng fá

penalty

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 懲罰1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1penalty
  2. 2punishment
  3. 3to punish

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Zhuyin

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ㄔㄥˊ

chéng

/ ch/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄈㄚˊ

/ f/ aˊ/ second tone

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惩罚

Simplified

懲罰

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 老师惩罚了那个说谎的学生。

    lǎo shī chéng fá le nà ge shuō huǎng de xué shēng。

    The teacher punished the student who lied.

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