HSK 6 · Society

惩罚 chéngfá “to punish” in Chinese

Traditional 懲罰

What 惩罚 means

  1. to punish
  2. punishment
  3. penalty

How to say 惩罚

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale惩chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale罚fá2nd tone, rising

惩罚 in a sentence

  1. 他不喜欢被惩罚。

    Tā bù xǐhuan bèi chéngfá.

    He doesn’t like being punished.

    Sentence #761903 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 如果你违反了法律，你将受到惩罚。

    Rúguǒ nǐ wéifǎn le fǎlǜ, nǐ jiāng shòudào chéngfá.

    If you break the law, you’ll be punished.

    Sentence #775469 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我母亲从来没有惩罚过我。

    Wǒ mǔqīn cónglái méiyǒu chéngfá guo wǒ.

    My mother has never punished me.

    Sentence #6014616 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 惩罚 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 惩 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
惩chéngto punish
  • 征to summon · zhēngSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 征 (zhēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

The character 罚 (fá) with each of its parts in a different colour
罚fáto punish; to penalise; to fine
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎng
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 惩罚

惩 12 strokes · 罚 9 strokes

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惩罚 (chéngfá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 惩罚 (chéngfá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 惩罚

Words with 罚

罚款fákuǎn · to fine

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FAQs

惩罚 (chéngfá) means “to punish” or “punishment”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéngfá: chéng with a 2nd tone, then fá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 惩罚 is written 懲罰. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengfa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 惩罚 from the suggestions. Typing chengfa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
惩罚 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.